Liberal Constitutional Party (Egypt)
| Liberal Constitutional Party | |
|---|---|
| حزب الاحرار الدستوريين | |
| Historical leader | Adli Yakan Pasha |
| Founded | October 30, 1922 |
| Dissolved | July 23, 1952 |
| Split from | Wafd Party |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Newspaper | Al-Siyāsa |
| Ideology |
Constitutionalism Social liberalism Anglophilia |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Religion | Secularism |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Orange |
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Politics of Egypt Political parties Elections | |
The Liberal Constitutional Party (Arabic: حزب الاحرار الدستوريين, Ḥizb al-aḥrār al-dustūriyyīn) was a Egyptian political party founded in 1922 by a group of politicians that left the Wafd Party.
History
The Liberal Constitutional Party was founded in 1922 during a meeting chaired by Adli Yakan Pasha,[1] and some time later the party launched a newspaper, the al-Siyāsa (The Politics). Several Wafd-liberal like Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha, Muhammad Husayn Haykal and Ali Mahir Pasha jioned in the party.
The party, despite the Wafd that has been nationalist and conservative views, supported the creation of a liberal constitution (approved in 19 April, 1923), the secularization of the State, the approach to the United Kingdom and also the total unification of Egypt and Sudan.
Its pacifist and moderate goals, retained from people's the majority too much anglophile, impeded the extension of the electoral base, limited to the upper class, nesters and British Egyptians.[2]
The party was banned, like the others political parties, after the coup d'état of 1952.
Electoral results
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | unknown (#2) | 13.95 | 30 / 215 |
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| 1936 | unknown (#2) | 7.32 | 17 / 232 |
 13 |
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| 1942 | unknown (#2) | 1.51 | 4 / 264 |
13 |
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| 1945 | unknown (#2) | 28.03 | 74 / 264 |
 70 |
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| 1950 | unknown (#3) | 8.15 | 26 / 319 |
48 |
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