Egyptian Parliament elections 2020 (seats)

Map of Egypt during two phases of the Egyptian House of Representatives elections (First Chamber of Parliament) 2020

Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 24–25 October and 7–8 November 2020 to elect the

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Date

The elections were initially expected to be held in April or May 2020. President

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mil ...

ordered parliament to freeze its activities on 1 October 2019 and placed the

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(NSA) in charge of creating lists of candidates as the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) had not satisfactorily selected candidates in the previous election. The

For the Love of Egypt For the Love of Egypt (FLE, ar-at, في حب مصر, Fe Hubb Masr) is a political alliance created by the General Intelligence Service. FLE contested the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election. Creation The For the Love of Egypt (FLE) alliance wa ...

list was closely associated with the GID. The final results will be announced by the National Elections Authority on 14 December 2020.

Electoral system

A total of 568 seats will be elected in a form of

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; 284 of them will be elected using a two-round system in 142 constituencies and the other 284 will be elected using party lists in four constituencies.

PR Constituencies

TR Constituencies

Parties

One alliance that will contest the election, called the National Unified Coalition, includes the

Nation's Future Party The Nation's Future Party (), also known as the Future of the Nation Party or Mostaqbal Watan, is an Egyptian political party. Originally a minor party, it has grown to become Egypt's largest political party and currently controls the majority of ...

New Wafd Party The New Wafd Party ( ar, حزب الوفد الجديد, , New Delegation Party), officially the Egyptian Wafd Party and also known as the Al-Wafd Party, is a nationalist liberal party in Egypt. It is the extension of one of the oldest and his ...

, the Homeland Defenders Party,

Modern Egypt Party The Modern Egypt Party ( ar, حزب مصر الحديثة ''Hizb Masr al-Haditha'') is an Egyptian political party made up of former members of the NDP. The party withdrew from the Egyptian Front The Egyptian Front ( ar-at, الجبهة المص ...

, the

Egyptian Social Democratic Party The Egyptian Social Democratic Party ( ar-at, الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى, al-Ḥizb al-Maṣrī al-Dimuqrāṭī al-Ijtmāʿī, ) is a Social liberalism, social liberal and a Social democracy, social democrati ...

, the

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, the

Reform and Development Misruna Party The Reform and Development Party ( ar, حزب الأصلاح و التنمية ''Hizb Al-Islah wa Al-Tanmiyah'') is a liberal political party in Egypt. History and profile The Reform and Development Party was founded in 2009. The founders of the ...

, Tagammu, the Generation's Will, the Egyptian Freedom, the Justice, and the

Conference Party The Conference Party ( ar, حزب المؤتمر المصري), or Congress Party, is a secularist political party in Egypt. It was created by the merger of five liberal and leftist parties, as well as remnants of the former NDP-regime. The Con ...

parties. Other lists include the

Call of Egypt The Call of Egypt ( ar-at, نداء مصر, Nidaa Masr) is an electoral alliance in Egypt that competed in the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election. The coalition has accused the Nour Party of cooperating with NDP-era tycoon Ahmed Ezz in the ru ...

and the Sons of Egypt. Many different figures, including Zyad Elelaimy, Hisham Fouad, Omar El-Shenety and Hossam Moanis, were arrested on 25 June 2019 on charges of "bringing down the state"; however, the people involved were part of an alliance called the Coalition of Hope that was considering contesting the parliamentary election. Other organizations involved in the alliance included the Civil Democratic Movement. One source indicated that the reason for the arrests was the unwillingness of the alliance to cooperate with the NSA.

Process

First Phase

Number of seats for women

and political parties they belong to in the 1st phase of the House of Representatives elections in Egypt; detailed in diagram: Number of seats for women and political parties they belong to in the 1st phase of the House of Representatives elections in Egypt 2020

Second Phase

Final seat distribution

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References

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