Elections in Egypt

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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. Failure to vote can result in a fine or even imprisonment,

V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023 with a score of 0.175 out of 1.[5][6]

Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953)

The

Egypt's Liberal Experiment. Egypt has never recovered the level of political freedom it enjoyed during this period.[8]

During the four elections held between 1924 and 1929, candidates from the

1924 election, 18.9% in 1926, 6.9% in 1929, 18.1% in 1936, 12.1% in 1942, and 29.2% in the 1950 election, the last to be held before the 1952 Revolution which ended Egypt's multi-party system.[10]

Electoral performance of the Wafd Party and Big Landowners during the monarchy[11]
Electoral year Total seats in the
Chamber of Deputies 		Wafd Party Big Landowners
Seats won Percentage Seats won Percentage
1924
 214 181 84.6 93 43.5
1925 214 113 52.8 95 44.4
1926 214 172 80.4 105 49.1
1929 235 212 90.2 108 45.9
1931 150 0 0.0 58 38.7
1936 232 180 77.6 112 48.3
1938 264 14 5.3 131 49.6
1942 264 203 76.9 93 35.2
1945 285 0 0.0 123 43.2
1950 317 157 49.5 119 37.5

Elections under the Mubarak regime

2005 presidential election

Main article: 2005 Egyptian presidential election

Under the Mubarak era, the Egyptian presidential election of 2005 was the first-ever

authoritarian
countries.

2010 parliamentary elections

Main articles: 2010 Egyptian parliamentary election and 2010 Egyptian Shura Council election

Under the Mubarak era, The

NDP a super-majority win of seats for both houses. The Muslim Brotherhood
was not recognized as a political party by the law, but its members were allowed to run as independents.

Latest elections

2020 Senate election

Main article: 2020 Egyptian senate election

2018 presidential election

Main article: 2018 Egyptian presidential election

2020 parliamentary election

Main article: 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election

Next elections

Egyptian presidential elections are held using a two-round system; the next election should be held in 2024.

The House of Representatives sits for a five-year term but can be dissolved earlier by the president.

Referendums

The first referendum in Egypt was held on 23 June 1956. The electorate agreed with the adoption of the new 1956 constitution, and with the election of Gamal Abdel Nasser as President of Egypt.[12]

See also

References

  1. VOA News
    . Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Top stats for Egypt: Country profile". nationmaster.com.
  3. ^ "Egyptian elections preliminary results". jadaliyya.com.
  4. ^ "Muslim Brotherhood tops Egyptian poll result". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  5. ^ V-Dem Institute (2023). "The V-Dem Dataset". Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  6. ^ Democracy Report 2023, Table 3, V-Dem Institute, 2023
  7. OCLC 255757167
    . Retrieved 2010-07-21. There had been ten general elections held from 1924 to 1952. These were the elections of 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1942, 1945, and 1950.
  8. ^ "Polity IV Regime Trends: Egypt, 1946–2008". Polity data series. Center for Systemic Peace. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  9. ISBN 978-1-932717-02-0
    . Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  10. ISBN 978-0-8157-7293-4
    . Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  11. ISBN 978-0-88706-183-7
    . Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  12. ISSN 0261-3794. There have been 13 referendums in Egypt, the first one being held on 23 June 1956 when voters were asked to approve or disapprove of Nasser and the constitution.[dead link
    ]

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