1990 Egyptian parliamentary election
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All 454 seats to the People's Assembly of Egypt 227 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||
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Early parliamentary elections were held in
New Wafd Party, which claimed that the reformed Electoral Law would fail to ensure free elections.[1]
The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which won 348 of the 444 elected seats. However, a further 56 of the 83 independent candidates were affiliated with the NDP, whilst 14 were affiliated with the New Wafd Party, 8 with the SLP and one with the LSP.[2] Voter turnout was reported to be 44.2%,[1] but was estimated to be only 20-30%.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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National Democratic Party | 348 | –11 | |||
National Progressive Unionist Party | 6 | +6 | |||
Egyptian Green Party | 0 | New | |||
Umma Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 83 | +75 | |||
Presidential appointees | 10 | 0 | |||
Vacant | 7 | – | |||
Total | 454 | –4 | |||
Valid votes | 6,902,982 | 95.17 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 350,186 | 4.83 | |||
Total votes | 7,253,168 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 16,326,229 | 44.43 | |||
Source: IPU, Nohlen et al.[3] |
References
- ^ a b c Egypt: Elections held in 1990 Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ a b The Middle East and North Africa 2003 p293
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2