Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 27 May 1984. Since the last election in 1979, changes had been made to the electoral system. The 176 two-member constituencies were replaced by 48 multi-member constituencies (totalling 448 seats), with candidates elected on a party list system, with a party needing over 8% of the vote to win a seat.Egypt
Inter-Parliamentary Union The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party, which won 390 of the 448 seats. The only other party to win seats was the

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. Following the election, President

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appointed a further 10 members to the Assembly; one from the NDP, four from the Socialist Labour Party, one from the

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 ...

and four

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s. Voter turnout was 43.1%.

Results

References

Parliamentary elections in Egypt

Parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

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