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1945 Egyptian parliamentary election

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1945 Egyptian parliamentary election

← 1942 January 1945 1950 →
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ahmad Maher Pasha Aly Maher Pasha Mostafa el-Nahas
Party Saadist Liberal Constitutional Wafd
Seats won 125 74 29

Prime Minister before election

Ahmad Maher Pasha
Saadist

Subsequent Prime Minister

Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha
Saadist

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt in January 1945.[1] Boycotted by the Wafd Party, they resulted in a victory for the Saadist Institutional Party, which won 125 of the 264 seats.[1]

Results

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PartySeats+/–
Saadist Institutional Party125+124
Liberal Constitutional Party74+70
Wafdist Block29–211
National Party7+5
Independents29+12
Total2640
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

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  1. ^ a b Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p294 (in German)