Gamal Abdel Nasser (as Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council) Liberation Rally Gamal Abdel Nasser Liberation Rally Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League A double referendum was held in Egypt on 23 June 1956.

[2] Prior to the vote, Nasser had been consolidating power after ousting Muhammad Naguib and launching a massive crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood in 1954.

[1][5] According to government tallies, Nasser's bid for the presidency and the proposed constitution received almost unanimous approval by voters.

[6] Nasser ran uncontested,[7] nominated by the new ruling party, the National Union.

Historian Kirk J. Beatie wrote the government figures were likely fictitious, but it is also "impossible to know how accurate they were.