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1925 Egyptian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Kingdom of Egypt
type	Parliamentary
previous_election	1923–24 Egyptian parliamentary election
previous_year	1924
next_election	1926 Egyptian parliamentary election
next_year	1926
election_date	23 March 1925
image1	ModernEgypt, Saad Zaghloul, BAP 14785.jpg
leader1	Saad Zaghloul
party1	Wafd Party
percentage1	46.75%
seats1	113
image2	YakanPasha.jpg
leader2	Adly Yakan Pasha
party2	Liberal Constitutional Party (Egypt)
percentage2	20.45%
seats2	40
image4	YahyaIbrahim.jpg
leader4	Yahya Ibrahim Pasha
party4	Ittihad Party
seats4	29
percentage4	17.03%
leader5	Muhammad Hafiz Ramadan Pasha
party5	National Party (Egypt)
seats5	7
percentage5	4.35%
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	Ahmed Zeiwar Pasha
after_election	Ahmed Zeiwar Pasha
before_party	Independent
after_party	Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 23 March 1925. They saw the Wafd Party lose almost half of its seats.

Background

Politics in Egypt at this time was divided into three main groups: the Wafd party, King Fuad I and his allies, and the British government. After the 1923–24 parliamentary elections the leader of the Wafd Party, Saad Zaghloul, became the prime minister. However, he was forced to resign on 24 November following the assassination of Lee Stack on 19 November, after an ultimatum by General Edmund Allenby. Ahmed Zeiwar Pasha formed a ministry after Zaghloul's resignation, proroguing parliament the next day. Parliament was officially dissolved on 24 December.

Ahead of the new elections, King Fuad created the Ittihad Party led by Yahya Ibrahim. Fuad also sought allies in the Liberal Constitutional Party and the National Party. The elections were supervised by Ismail Sidky, the new Minister of the Interior. Sidky tried to prevent the Wafd from winning by clamping down on the press as well as gerrymandering the districts to hinder Wafdist candidates. However, this did not stop the Wafd Party from obtaining a majority of the seats.

Results

Aftermath

The first and only act of parliament on the morning of 23 March 1925 was to vote to elect Zaghloul Speaker of the House by 123 votes to 85. Furious, King Fuad dissolved parliament in the afternoon. Parliament was in session for less than half a day.

References

Sources

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