1926 Egyptian parliamentary election

none March 2025 Kingdom of Egypt Parliamentary 1925 Egyptian parliamentary election 1925 1929 Egyptian parliamentary election 1929 22 May 1926 ModernEgypt, Saad Zaghloul, BAP 14785.jpg Saad Zaghloul Wafd Party 171 67.98% YakanPasha.jpg Adly Yakan Pasha Liberal Constitutional Party (Egypt) 29 19.03% Muhammad Hafiz Ramadan Pasha National Party (Egypt) 5 1.95% Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha.PNG Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha Ittihad Party 1 6.22% Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Ahmed Zeiwar Pasha Adly Yakan Pasha Independent politician Liberal Constitutional Party (Egypt) Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 22 May 1926.Khatib 1954 171 The result was a victory for the Wafd Party, which won 171 of the 211 seats.Khatib 1954 487 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, fewer than the seats won by the Wafdists.Labib Rizk Younan Younan Labib Rizk 1975 ar:تاريخ الوزارات المصرية ١٨٧٨ - ١٩٥٣ History of Egyptian Cabinets 1878-1953 Youssef Hassan ar 296 Background After the 1925 election, where a Wafdist majority parliament was dissolved by King Fuad in less than half a day, the Liberal Constitutional Party sought rapprochement with the Wafd Party.Deeb 1979 137 "The Liberals had thus learnt that in spite of all the inadequacies of the Constitution, and fear of the Wafdist majority, it was still a lesser evil than the King's tyranny." On 14 January 1926 an executive committee representing the National Party, the Wafd and the Liberal Constitutionalists was set up to discuss their response to the King and Ahmed Zeiwar's government. The National Party wanted the return on the 1925 parliament and a boycott of any future election, while the Wafdists and Liberals wanted new elections. However, when new elections were held on 22 May, the committee urged its voters to participate.Deeb 1979 137–138 These elections were the first held under newly relaxed financial requirements for voters, significantly increasing voter turnout compared to the previous election.Quraishi 1967 232 Results While all sources agree that the Wafd won the election, they differ on the seat totals. Deeb gives the results as Wafd 165, 29 Liberal constitutionalists, 5 Nationalists, and 5 Ittihadists.Deeb 1979 197 . Note 64 Quraishi puts the Wafdist total as 156 out of 214.Quraishi 1967 102 Terry gives the same seat results as Khatib, except for the Ittihad and National parties, which she records as getting 1 and 29 seat respectively.Terry 1982 188 Alaf Luftli Al-Sayyid Marsot and High Commissioner in Egypt Lord LLyod gives the totals as 144 for the Wafd, 28 for the Liberal Constitutionalists, 5 for the National party, 7 Ittihadists and 17 independents.Llord Lord https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210454/page/n173/mode/2up Egypt Since Cromer Macmillan Publishers 1934 2 163Marsot 1977 89 The Political Handbook of the World; Parliaments, Parties and Press gives the results as Wafd 169, 29 Liberal constitutionalists and 12 for the minor parties.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039808335&seq=70&q1=Egypt A Political Handbook of the World: Parliaments, Parties and Press as of January 1, 1928 Harvard University Press and Yale University Press Davis Malcolm W. 58 Mallory Walter H.File: Egypt Parliament 1926.svg Wafd Party 771737 171 +58 Liberal Constitutional Party 216025 29 –11 Ittihad Party 70643 1 –28 National Party 22136 5 –2 Independents 54723 5 –17 0 1135264 1792171 KhatibKhatib 1954 487–488 Aftermath The British government under Lord Lloyd involved themselves in the government formation process, refusing to accept Zaghloul as premier. In a meeting between Lloyd and Zaghloul on 30 May, Zaghloul told him were he to become premier, he would select Adly and Tharwat for posts in his cabinet. When Lloyd objected, Zaghloul told him "Vous pouvez vous renseigner" - French for "come and find out".Marsot 1977 92 When the meeting broke down, Lloyd used gunboat diplomacy, sending HMS Resolute to Alexandria on 2 June. In the end, Zaghloul acquiesced, citing health reasons.Terry 1982 189–190 References Sources Deeb Marius Party Politics in Egypt: the Wafd & its Rivals 1919–1939 Ithaca Press 1979 9780903729406 Khatib M.F. The working of parliamentary institutions in Egypt, 1924-1952 1954 University of Edinburgh https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/34029 Marsot Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Egypt’s Liberal Experiment: 1922–1936 University of California Press 1977 9780520031098 Quraishi Zaheer M. https://archive.org/details/liberalnationali0000qura Liberal Nationalism in Egypt; Rise and Fall of the Wafd Party Jamal Printing Press 1967 9780861990009 Terry Janice J. The Wafd: Cornerstone of Egyptian Political Power Third World Centre for Research and Publishing 1982 9780861990009 Egypt Egypt Category:Parliamentary elections in Egypt Parliamentary Egypt