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Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 24–25 October and 7–8 November 2020 to elect the House of Representatives. [1] The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Nation's Future Party, winning 316 of the 596 seats.
The Parliament of Egypt is made up of 596 seats, with 448 seats elected through the single-member districts, 120 elected through party block vote in which party list must win more than 50% of the votes to win all seats however if no list achieves the threshold, a second round is held between top two parties and the list with the most votes wins.
Elections in Egypt are held for the president and a bicameral legislature. The president of Egypt is elected for a six-year term by popular vote after draft amendments to the 2013 constitution altered the presidential term limits from the original four years to six years. [1] Suffrage is universal and compulsory for every Egyptian citizen over 18.
Egyptian parliamentary elections to the House of Representatives were held in two phases, from 17 October to 2 December 2015. [1] The elected parliament will be entrusted with the task of reviewing the laws that were passed while a parliament was not in session.
Prime Minister of Egypt: Moustafa Madbouly: Events. Scheduled. 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election [1] August 8 – 2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship [2]
Egyptians cast their ballots on Tuesday on the third and last day of a presidential election expected to give President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a sweeping victory in the absence of real competition.
While parliamentary elections in the major cities are often fixed by the ruling party, elections in Upper Egypt—the poorest and most underdeveloped part of the country where approximately 40% of Egypt's population live—are more free, with the ruling party "recruiting whoever happened to win." According to journalist Peter Hessler, neglect ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt from 28 November 2011 to 11 January 2012, [1] following the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, after which the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) dissolved Parliament. However the dissolution was ruled unconstitutional and Parliament was reinstated.