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Under the Mubarak era, the Egyptian presidential election of 2005 was the first-ever multi-party, multi-candidate contested presidential election in Egypt's history, made under the 2005/2007 constitutional amendments to the 1971 Constitution of Egypt.
Presidential elections were held in the United Arab Republic on 15 October 1970, [1] following the death of the incumbent Gamal Abdel Nasser on 28 September of the same year. The election took the form of a referendum on the candidacy of vice president and acting president Anwar El Sadat. According to the official results, 90% of voters voted ...
Before 2005, the Parliament chose a candidate for the presidency and the people voted, in a referendum, whether or not they approved the proposed candidate for president. After the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, a new presidential election was held 2012, it was the first free and fair elections in Egypt's political history. [1]
Presidential elections were held in the United Arab Republic (now Egypt) on 15 March 1965. [1] The election took the form of a referendum on the candidacy of Gamal Abdel Nasser, who ran unopposed. He allegedly won with almost seven million votes, and only 65 against. [2] Voter turnout was stated to be 99%. [2]
Presidential elections were held in Egypt between 26 and 28 March 2018, [1] though Egyptians abroad voted from 16 to 18 March 2018. [2] On 19 January, incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi formally announced he would run for a second and final term. [3] El-Sisi won the election with 97%, according to the official results.
Presidential elections were held in Egypt in December 2023, as announced by the National Election Authority, [2] after speculation that the elections might be held earlier than expected. [3] Candidate registration was from 5–14 October 2023 and the election was held in Egypt from 10 to 12 December; [2] expatriates voted from 1–3 December. [4]
The British government unilaterally recognized Egypt's independence on 28 February 1922. The Kingdom of Egypt was established two weeks later. On 21 April 1923, a new liberal constitution was promulgated. A royal decree was published on the 6th of September, which ordered the holding of the first election under the new constitution.
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 3 January 1950, with a second round on 10 January. [1] In the parliament of 319-seats, 225 went to the Wafd Party, 28 to the Saadist Institutional Party, 26 to the Liberal Constitutional Party, and 40 to minor parties and independents. They were the last parliamentary elections that took place under ...