1957 Egyptian parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Egypt 1957 Parliamentary 1950 Egyptian parliamentary election 1950 1964 United Arab Republic parliamentary election 1964 3 July 1957 (first stage)14 July 1957 (second stage) Stevan Kragujevic, Gamal Abdel Naser u Beogradu, 1962.jpg Gamal Abdel Nasser National Union (Egypt) 350 Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser National Union (Egypt) National Union (Egypt)thumb|Egyptian officer Rawya Ateya, in military dress, waves to her supporters during her 1957 electoral campaign. She was elected in her Cairo constituency, becoming one of the first two female members of parliament (alongside Amina Shukri) in Egypt and the Arab world. Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 3 July 1957, having originally been scheduled for November 1956, but postponed due to the Suez Crisis.Peretz 1959 33 They were the first elections since the 1952 revolution, which saw King Farouk overthrown, the Republic of Egypt established and the approval of a new constitution in a June 1956 referendum. The new system of government banned all existing political parties except the National Union. A new electoral law was approved on 10 March 1957, which required all candidates to be members of the National Union, literate Egyptian citizens at least 30 years old and without any relationship to the royal family.Ries 1999 332 All candidates had to be approved by the executive committee of the National Union, which consisted of Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Zakaria Mohieddin and Kamal el-Din Hussein.Peretz 1959 32 Of the 2,528 candidates registered, 1,318 were approved and 1,210 were rejected for being "undesirable" or "unworthy".Peretz 1959 33Proctor (1959) gives different figures: of the 2,508 candidates the committee excluded 1,153 of them.Proctor 1959 213 They were also the first elections in Egypt in which women had the right to vote or stand for election.Leila Reem Woman's struggle for clout http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/875/eg4.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110403062501/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/875/eg4.htm 2011-04-03 2025-11-09 Al-Ahram Weekly Despite only six women contesting the election out of a total of over 2,000 candidates, and 70% of Egyptian men being against their presence in parliament,Women Office Seekers Create Furore Herald-Journal, 6 June 1957 Rawya Ateya and Amina Shukri were elected, becoming the first women parliamentarians in the Arab world.Magdi Ne'maat 25 August 2009 ar:راوية عطية: أول نائبة مصرية بعد الثورة Rawya Ateya: the First Egyptian Female Deputy After the Revolution Al Rai The Parliament of Women 11012 7 http://www.alraimedia.com/alrai/Article.aspx?id=152068 Arabic 2010-02-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716172803/http://www.alraimedia.com/alrai/Article.aspx?id=152068 2011-07-16 dead Following its election, the 350-member National Assembly was seated on 22 July.Proctor 1959 213 The Assembly never voted against a government bill, mostly modifying the language of bills proposed by Nasser and his ministers.Proctor 1959 224–226 The Assembly was dissolved on 10 February 1958 following Egypt and Syria merging to form of the United Arab Republic, and the establishment of a joint National Assembly with 400 members from Egypt and 200 from Syria.Peretz 1959 35 Results File:1957 Egyptian parliament.svg National Union 350 5697467 Nohlen et al. Notes References Sources Ries Matthias Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook Oxford University Press 1999 Nohlen Dieter Dieter Nohlen Krennerich Michael Thibaut Bernhard Peretz Don 1959 Democracy and the Revolution in Egypt Middle East Journal 13 1 26-40 4323083 Proctor J. Harris 1959 The Legislative Activity of the Egyptian National Assembly of 1957–8 https://doi.org/10.1093/parlij/xiii.1959dec.213 Parliamentary Affairs 8 1959dec 213-226 10.1093/parlij/xiii.1959dec.213 subscription Category:Parliamentary elections in Egypt Egypt Egypt Parliamentary election Egypt Egypt Category:One-party elections Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results