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1936 Egyptian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Kingdom of Egypt
type	Parliamentary
previous_election	1931 Egypt parliamentary election
previous_year	1931
next_election	1938 Egyptian parliamentary election
next_year	1938
election_date	May 1936
image_size	130x130px
image1	Mustafa el-Nahhas.PNG
leader1	Mostafa el-Nahas
party1	Wafd Party
seats1	190
image2	Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha.PNG
leader2	Mohamed Mahmoud
party2	Liberal Constitutional Party (Egypt)
seats2	15
image4	3x4.svg
party4	Popular Unionist
seats4	14
image5	3x4.svg
leader5	Hafiz Ramadan Bey
party5	National Party (Egypt)
seats5	4
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	Aly Maher Pasha
after_election	Mostafa el-Nahas
before_party	Ittihad Party
after_party	Wafd Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt in May 1936; elections for the Chamber of Deputies took place on 2 May and for the Senate on 7 May. The elections were held following the death of King Fuad I, and his son Farouk's ascension to the throne. The result was a victory for the Wafd Party, which won 190 of the 232 seats. King Farouk's coronation was held in the newly elected parliament on 29 July 1937.

Background

The 1923 constitution was restored on 12 December 1935, allowing for the first free elections since 1929. The elections were held under Ali Maher's caretaker government with direct elections and universal adult male suffrage.

Results

Different sources give different results for the elections; Dolf Sternberger et al. and Marius Deeb state that the Wafd won 179 of the 232 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, with Deeb also giving the Wafd 65 of the 79 seats in the Senate. while M.F. El-Khatib states that the Wafd won 190 seats in the Chamber, though notes 45 of the Wafd candidates were 'not official candidates of the party'.

Chamber of Deputies

References

(1936-05-04). "Nationalists victors in Egyptian election; With Returns Incomplete, Wafd Has 118 Seats, Against 27 for the Opposition.". [[The New York Times]].
Deeb, Marius. (1979). "Party Politics in Egypt: the Wafd & its Rivals 1919–1939". Ithaca Press.
El-Khatib, M.F. (1954). "The working of parliamentary institutions in Egypt, 1924-1952". University of Edinburgh.
Quraishi, Zaheer M.. (1967). "Liberal Nationalism in Egypt; Rise and Fall of the Wafd Party". Jamal Printing Press.
[[Dolf Sternberger]], [[Bernhard Vogel (politician). Bernhard Vogel]], [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Klaus Landfried (1978) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband'', p294 {{in lang. de
Moore, David F.. (January 1965). "The Wafd Party of Egypt: 1936-1945". American University of Beirut.

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