1987 Egyptian parliamentary election
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All 458 seats to the People's Assembly of Egypt 230 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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Early parliamentary elections were held in
People's Assembly nominated incumbent Hosni Mubarak for the post of president, whose candidacy was put to voters in a referendum
on 5 October.
Voter turnout was reported to be 50.45%,[1] but was estimated to be closer to 25%.[3]
Results
New Wafd Party 746,023 | 10.93 | 35 | –23 | | |||||
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National Progressive Unionist Party | 150,570 | 2.21 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Umma Party | 13,031 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |||||
Independents | 7 | New | |||||||
Presidential appointees | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 6,824,907 | 100.00 | 458 | 0 | |||||
Valid votes | 6,824,908 | 94.43 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 402,559 | 5.57 | |||||||
Total votes | 7,227,467 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 14,324,162 | 50.46 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen et al.,[4][a] IPU |
- ^ There is a difference of one between the total number of votes for each party (6,824,907) and the total of valid votes (6,824,908).
References
- ^ a b Egypt Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ The Middle East and North Africa 2003 p292
- ^ Egypt: Elections Country Studies
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2