Parliamentary elections were held in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

on 28 October 1976, with a second round in four constituencies on 4 November. While the

Arab Socialist Union The Arab Socialist Union may refer to: *Arab Socialist Union (Egypt), active 1962–78 *Arab Socialist Union (Iraq), active 1964–68 *Libyan Arab Socialist Union, active 1971−77 *Arab Socialist Union Party (Syria), founded in 1973 *Democratic Ar ...

remained the sole legal party in the country, as in previous elections, these elections were unique in having three distinct political factions of the party compete against each other (the right-wing

Socialist Liberal Organisation The Liberal Socialists Party ( ar, حزب الأحرار الاشتراكيين, ') was a political party in Egypt, initially affiliated to the Arab Socialist Union. History and profile The party was established in 1976. Its leader was Mustafa ...

, the centrist

Arab Socialist Organisation The Egypt Arab Socialist Party ( ar, حزب مصر العربي الاشتراكي , rtl=yes ) is a political party in Egypt. History and profile The party was established in 1976 and its head was Mamdouh Salem. He served as the prime minister o ...

and the left-wing

National Progressive Unionist Party The National Progressive Unionist Party ( ar-at, حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي, Ḥizb al-Tagammu' al-Watani al-Taqadomi al-Wahdawi, commonly referred to as Tagammu) is a socialist political party in Egypt. Origi ...

), along with 208 independents. This electoral experiment would lead, in 1979, to Egypt's first multi-party

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...

since 1952. Two candidates were elected from each of the 175 constituencies, with a second round of voting required if one or both of the candidates failed to win over 50% of the vote in the first round, or neither of the candidates with over 50% were classed as a worker or farmer (each constituency had to have at least one farmer or worker representing it).Egypt
Inter-Parliamentary Union Following the election, a further ten members were appointed by the President. The result was a victory for the

, which won 295 of the 360 seats. Voter turnout was just 39.77%.

Results

References

{{Egypt-election-stub

Parliamentary A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democracy, democratic government, governance of a sovereign state, state (or subordinate entity) where the Executive (government), executive derives its democratic legitimacy ...

Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Parliamentary elections in Egypt