IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Egypt

Arab Republic of Egypt

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Population (as of Jan. 1, 2022)	Elections in our database
67,032,438	35.00%
Registered Voters (as of Dec. 10, 2023)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Egyptian Presidency	None	Head of State
Egyptian Advisory Council	None	Upper House
Egyptian Senate	Majlis Al-Shura / مجلس الشورى	Upper House
Egyptian House of Representatives	Majlis Al-Nuwaab / مجلس النواب	Lower House

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Abdel Fattah AL-SISI (since 8 June 2014)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Mostafa MADBOULY (since 7 June 2018)
Assembly: bicameral Parliament with a 300-seat Senate (مجلس الشيوخ) and a 596-seat House of Representatives (مجلس النواب)

Description of electoral system:

The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds and may serve up to 2 consecutive 6-year terms.
The Prime Minister is nominated by the President and confirmed by the House of Representatives.
In the Senate, 200 members are directly elected: 100 by plurality vote in single-seat constituencies and 100 by closed party-list vote. An additional 100 members are appointed by the President. All 300 members serve 5-year terms.
In the House of Representatives, 568 members are directly elected via a mixture of plurality vote in single-seat constituencies (approximately 75% of seats) and closed-list vote in multi-seat constituencies (approximately 25% of seats). Additional members (currently 28 but may be up to 5% of the total) are appointed by the President. All members serve 5-year terms.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Egyptian House of Representatives	2000-10-18	-	24,602,241	-
Egyptian House of Representatives	2000-10-29	-	20,987,453	-
Egyptian House of Representatives	2000-11-08	-	20,987,453	-
Referendum	2005-05-25	17,184,302	32,036,353	53.64
Egyptian Presidency	2005-09-07	7,305,036	31,826,284	22.95
Egyptian House of Representatives	2005-11-09	8,790,708	31,253,417	28.13
Egyptian House of Representatives	2005-11-20	8,790,708	31,253,417	28.13
Egyptian House of Representatives	2005-12-01	8,790,708	31,253,417	28.13
Referendum	2007-03-26	9,701,833	35,865,660	27.05
Egyptian Advisory Council	2010-06-01	-	-	-
Egyptian Advisory Council	2010-06-08	-	-	-
Egyptian House of Representatives	2010-11-28	14,036,967	40,160,799	34.95
Egyptian House of Representatives	2010-12-05	7,995,022	29,109,107	27.47
Referendum	2011-03-19	18,537,954	45,000,000	41.2
Egyptian House of Representatives	2011-11-28	8,449,115	18,826,394	44.88
Egyptian House of Representatives	2011-12-14	-	5,065,000	-
Egyptian Advisory Council	2012-01-29	3,543,972	50,065,000	7.08
Egyptian Advisory Council	2012-02-14	2,883,694	25,000,000	11.53
Egyptian Presidency	2012-06-16	26,420,763	50,958,794	51.85
Referendum	2012-12-15	17,058,317	50,996,746	33.45
Referendum	2014-01-14	20,613,677	53,423,485	38.59
Egyptian Presidency	2014-05-26	25,578,223	53,909,306	47.45
Egyptian House of Representatives	2015-10-18	15,206,010	53,786,762	28.27
Egyptian House of Representatives	2015-11-22	15,206,010	53,786,762	28.27
Egyptian Presidency	2018-03-26	24,097,092	59,078,138	40.79
Referendum	2019-04-22	27,193,593	61,344,503	44.33
Egyptian Senate	2020-08-11	-	-	-
Egyptian Senate	2020-09-08	-	-	-
Egyptian House of Representatives	2020-10-24	-	-	-
Egyptian Presidency	2023-12-10	44,777,668	67,032,438	66.8

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