Figures from Egypt on the general election just held show that ex-Premier Zaghlul Pasha just missed winning a remarkable victory. His party, the Nationalist, won 101 of the 215 seats, but the returns were not complete.
The combined anti-Zaghlulist Parties also secured 101 seats; and of the 13 remaining seats, not more than two were expected to go to the Zaghlulists. This will then give the present Premier, Ahmed Ziwar Pasha, the smallest of majorities, and thus enable him to remain in power.
The main issue of the election was essentially between the Zaghlulists and the anti-Zaghlulists.
Ex-Premier Zaghlul, 75 years of...
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