1950 Egyptian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 3 January 1950, with a second round on 10 January.[1] The result was a victory for the Wafd Party. They were the last parliamentary elections that took place under the monarchy, and the last genuinely contested legislative election in Egypt until the election following the Revolution of 2011.
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3 January 1950 (first stage)
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Results
While all sources agree that the Wafd achieved a majority of seats, there are disagreements on the figures. Nohen et al and Dolf Sternberger et al puts the numbers as 225 Wafd, 28 Saadist, 26 Liberal Constitutionalist, 6 Nationalists, 1 Democratic Socialist and 33 independents, though the latter notes that a different source disagrees on one seat, 226 Wafd and 32 independents.[2][3] P. J. Vatikiotis gave the totals as 288 to the Wafd out of 327 seats, polling at barely 40 percent of the votes, as well as 38 independents, with 2.8 million total votes cast out of 4.1 million voters.[4] Both the Annual Register and Joel Gordon gives the same figures as Khatib except for the Wafdist deputies - 228.[5][6] The Political Handbook and Atlas of the World gives the numbers of 218 Wafd seats and 39 independents but otherwise agrees with Khatib.[7]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Wafd Party | 1,357,206 | 54.56 | 226 | |
| Saadist Institutional Party | 406,693 | 16.35 | 28 | |
| Liberal Constitutional Party | 292,444 | 11.76 | 27 | |
| National Party | 37,512 | 1.51 | 6 | |
| Socialist Party | 16,499 | 0.66 | 1 | |
| Wafdist Block | 14,803 | 0.60 | 0 | |
| Independents | 362,587 | 14.57 | 31 | |
| Total | 2,487,744 | 100.00 | 319 | |
| Total votes | 2,496,208 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,126,879 | 60.49 | ||
| Source: Khatib[8] | ||||
Aftermath
Parliament sat on 16 January 1950 and was dissolved on 24 March 1952.[9]