Country: | Kingdom of Egypt |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1926 Egyptian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1926 |
Next Election: | 1936 Egyptian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1936 |
Election Date: | 21 December 1929 |
Image1: | Mustafa el-Nahhas.PNG |
Leader1: | Mustafa el-Nahhas |
Party1: | Wafd Party |
Seats1: | 198 |
Leader2: | – |
Party2: | Other parties and independents |
Seats2: | 38 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Prime Minister |
Before Election: | Adli Yakan Pasha |
After Election: | Mustafa el-Nahhas |
Before Party: | Liberal Constitutional Party |
After Party: | Wafd Party |
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 21 December 1929.[1] The result was a victory for the Wafd Party, which won 198 of the 236 seats,[1] including 102 seats in which their candidates were returned unopposed.[2] Four independents were also returned unopposed.[2]
The elections were boycotted by the Liberal Constitutionalist Party, and only 26 Ittihad Party and four Watani Party candidates contested the election.[2]