Egypt
Parliamentary, November 2010
Description of Electoral System:
(courtesy of IFES election guide)
The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 6-year term. In the People's Assembly (Majlis al-Sha'b), 444 members are elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term and 10 members are appointed by the president to serve a 5-year term. In the Advisory Council (Majlis al-Shura), 176 members are elected
by popular vote to serve a 6-year term and 88 members are appointed
by the president to serve a 6-year term
Electoral systems snapshot
(Courtesy of International IDEA)
*Click on links for term definitions
| Electoral System for National Legislature | TRS |
| Type | Plurality/Majority |
| Tiers | 1 |
| Legislature Size (Directly elected, voting members) | 444, 454 |
| Electoral System for President | Indirectly elected |
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Workshops & Conferences
BRIDGE Training Workshops
With the aim of contributing to the electoral reform process in Egypt, IFES and UNDP-Egypt in cooperation with the NCHR organized BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance, and Election) training in 2007. The workshop brought together selected participants representing various election stakeholders in Egypt to enhance their understanding of the principles that underpin the electoral process and share with them comparative experience from the region and other parts of the world as a framework in which to assess their own local experience and draw on best practices and lessons learned.
IFES and UNDP convened the training workshop from June 29 until July 03, 2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Giza. Read more
IFES held other BRIDGE training courses in Egypt, to read more about them click here
Municipal Elections
(courtesy of UNDP-Pogar)
The latest local elections in Egypt took place on April 8, 2008. The number of eligible voters was 35 million and the number of candidates was 70,000 who contested 52,000 local councils seats. The ruling National Democratic Party fielded 55,000 candidates. The number of general electoral committees was 318 and number of local committees was 41,000. In addition to the National Party, four political parties participated in the elections, namely Al-Wafd, The Rally Party, The Nasserite Party and Al-Jeel Party. Read more
Most Recent Elections
(courtesy of Wikipedia)
The Egyptian presidential election of 2005, held on September 7, 2005, was the first allegedly contested presidential election in Egypt's history. Hosni Mubarak, the incumbent President of Egypt, won a fifth consecutive six-year term in office, with official results showing he won 88.6% of the votes cast. A prominent opposition candidate, Ayman Nour of the Tomorrow Party, is estimated to have received 12% of the vote and Numan Gumaa received 5-7%. Mubarak was sworn in for his new term on September 27.
