2007 Egyptian Shura Council Election
Elections for the Shura Council were held in Egypt on 11 and 18 June 2007. From a total of 264 seats in the Shura Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Egypt, Egyptian parliament, 88 are for election every three years. Campaign There were 587 candidates competing for the 88 seats in 24 provinces. The main parties running were the National Democratic Party (Egypt), National Democratic Party (109 candidates) and the outlawed Society_of_the_Muslim_Brotherhood#Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood (whose 19 candidates were standing as independents, President Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak having had failed in an attempt to disqualify 17 of them). The elections were being boycotted by the New Wafd Party and the Nasserist Party. Conduct Violence on election day led to the death of a supporter of an independent candidate in Sharqia Governorate, Sharqia province after fighting with supporters of the NDP. Results Egyptian media reported that 11 of the 88 seats were won uncontested by the National Dem ...
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Shura Council
In Arab culture, a Majlis-ash-Shura ( ar, مجلس الشورى; Shura Council in English) is an advisory council or consultative council. In Islamic context, the Majlis-ash-Shura is one of two ways that a Caliph, khalifa (Islamic leader) may be selected, the other way being by nomination. The noun (''shura''), alone, means "consultation" and refers to (among other things) a topic in Islamic law or sharia; see Shura. Combined with the term Majlis, , which refers to a council or legislature, it is meant to indicate a body of individuals who advise, consult or determine. Political Majlis al Shura is a commonly used term for elected or co-opted assemblies with advisory or legislative powers in Arabic-speaking or Islamic-majority countries. In countries with bicameral national legislatures, the appellation is given to either the full legislative body or to the upper house; in the case where the government doesn't function on a democratic basis, the legislature's powers are often rest ...
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