1956 Egyptian referendum

1956 Egyptian referendum
23 June 1956 1958 →
Registered5,859,000
Turnout94.01%
 
Nominee Gamal Abdel Nasser
Party Liberation Rally
Popular vote 5,499,555
Percentage 99.90%
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Gamal Abdel Nasser (as Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council)
Liberation Rally

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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Liberation Rally

Nasser casting his vote in the 1956 constitutional referendum
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A double referendum was held in Egypt on 23 June 1956. The two issues were the candidacy of Gamal Abdel Nasser for the presidency and a new constitution.[1] Both were approved, with the official figures showing 99.9% in favour of Nasser's candidacy and 99.8% in favour of the constitution.[2]

  1. ^ Nasser's Egypt, Arab nationalism, and the United Arab Republic p67
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p340 ISBN 0-19-829645-2