1926 Egyptian parliamentary election

1926 Egyptian parliamentary election

24 May 1926

First party Second party Third party   Leader Saad Zaghloul Adly Yakan Pasha Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha Party Wafd Liberal Constitutional Ittihad Seats won 150 or 156 30 or 33 10 or 4

Prime Minister before election Ahmed Zeiwar Pasha Ittihad Subsequent Prime Minister Adly Yakan Pasha Liberal Constitutional

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 24 May 1926. The result was a victory for the Wafd Party, winning 150 or 156 of the 215 seats.

The ruling Ittihad Party led by Prime Minister Ahmed Ziwar Pasha and Minister of Finance Yahya Ibrahim Pasha, while clinging to power, was too weak to carry out an effective campaign. It failed to nominate more than 66 candidates, even far less than the seats won by the Wafdists.

Results

Party		Seats	+/–
	Wafd Party	150	+64
	Liberal Constitutional Party	30	–
	Ittihad Party	10	–
	National Party	5	–
	Independents	20	–
Total		215	0
Source: Sternberger et al.

Bibliography

• Labib Rizk, Younan (1975). Youssef, Hassan (ed.). تاريخ الوزارات المصرية ١٨٧٨ - ١٩٥٣ [History of Egyptian Cabinets 1878-1953] (in Arabic). p. 296.