1942 Egyptian parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Egypt Parliamentary 1938 Egyptian parliamentary election 1938 1945 Egyptian parliamentary election 1945 24 March 1942 130x130px Mustafa el-Nahhas.PNG Mostafa el-Nahas Wafd Party 232 Hafiz Ramadan Bey National Party (Egypt) 5 Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Mostafa el-Nahas Mostafa el-Nahas Wafd Party Wafd Party Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 24 March 1942.Khatib 1954 171 They were boycotted by the opposition due to Abdeen Palace incident, resulting in the ruling Wafd Party winning 232 of the 264 seats, the Wafd's largest victory in terms of seat totals. Background Hassan al-Banna and the Muslim Brotherhood agreed not to contest these elections following a deal with the Wafd Party that meant in exchange for not contesting the elections, the Wafd Party would ease restrictions on the Muslim Brotherhood and enact moral reforms.Euben Zaman 2009 51 Results Dolf Sternberger et al put the Wafd victory at 240 seats, with 4 seats for the Liberal Constitutional Party, 2 for the National Party, 1 seat for the Saadist Institutional Party and 17 for independents.Sternberger Vogel Nohlen Landfried 1978 294 David F. Moore (1965) puts the Wafdist victory at 233 seats, with an opposition of 14 independents, 4 Liberal Constitutionalists, 2 Saadists and 2 Nationalists. The Wafd captured 81 seats in the Egyptian senate against 37 independents, 11 Liberal Constitutionalists and 10 Saadists.Moore 1965 105 Another source around the time notes that 110 of the 264 constituencies had no contest, of which 105 were won by Wafdist candidates. The opposition was composed of 12 independents, 4 Liberal Constitutionalists, 2 Nationalists and 1 Saadist.25 Nov 1944 A Note on Nahas Pasha's Government in Egypt, Feb. 1942—Oct. 1944 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25643722 Bulletin of International News Royal Institute of International Affairs 21 24 1006 2044-3986 File:Egypt Parliament 1942.svg Wafd Party 738675 232 National Party 18687 5 OthersQ While the Saadist Institutional Party and the Liberal Constitutional Party boycotted the elections, some members still participated. 233590 13 Independents 276070 14 1271496 2234647 KhatibKhatib 1954 486–488 Aftermath Parliament sat on 30 March that year and was dissolved on 15 November 1944.Khatib 1954 171 Notes References Sources Princeton readings in Islamist thought: texts and contexts from al-Banna to Bin Laden 2009 Princeton University Press 978-0-691-13588-5 Euben Roxanne Leslie Princeton studies in Muslim politics Princeton Zaman Muhammad Qasim Khatib M.F. The working of parliamentary institutions in Egypt, 1924-1952 University of Edinburgh https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/34029 1954 Moore David F. The Wafd Party of Egypt: 1936–1945 1965  American University of Beirut https://www.proquest.com/docview/2316005707 2316005707 Quraishi Zaheer M. https://archive.org/details/liberalnationali0000qura Liberal Nationalism in Egypt; Rise and Fall of the Wafd Party Jamal Printing Press 1967 9780861990009 Die Wahl Der Parlamente Und Anderer Staatsorgane: Ein Handbuch Walter de Gruyter GmbH 1978 Sternberger Dolf de Vogel Bernhard Nohlen Dieter Landfried Klaus Egypt Egypt Category:Parliamentary elections in Egypt Parliamentary Egypt Egypt Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results