2020 Egyptian parliamentary election

2020 Egyptian parliamentary election

21 October–8 November 2020 (first round) 21 November–8 December 2020 (second round)

All 596 seats in the House of Representatives 298 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– Nation's Future Ashraf Rashad 316 +263 Republican People's Hazem Omar 50 +37 New Wafd Bahaa El-Din Abu Shoka 26 −10 Homeland Defenders Galal Haridy 23 +5 Modern Egypt Party Nabil Dibis 11 +7 Reform & Development Mohamed Anwar Sadat 9 +6 Social Democratic Farid Zahran 7 +3 Freedom Mamdouh Hassan 7 +7 Congress Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida 7 −5 Al-Nour Younes Makhioun 7 +7 Tagammu Sayed Abdel Aal 6 +4 Justice 2 +2 Eradet Geel Party 1 +1 Independents – 124 −201 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Map of governorates by electoral phase Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Mostafa Madbouly Independent Mostafa Madbouly Independent

A chart showing the number of elected and appointed MPs seats in the Egyptian Parliament, 2020

  Parliament members elected by individual system in the first phase: 142

  Members of Parliament elected by list in the first phase: 142

  Parliament members elected by the individual system of the second phase: 142

  Members of Parliament elected by list in the second phase: 142

  Members of Parliament appointed by the President of Egypt: 28

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 24–25 October and 7–8 November 2020 to elect the House of Representatives. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Nation's Future Party, winning 316 of the 596 seats.

Date

The elections were initially expected to be held in April or May 2020. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered parliament to freeze its activities on 1 October 2019 and placed the National Security Agency (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 list was closely associated with the GID.

Date	Phase	Eligible voters
21–23 October	Round 1 of the first phase for citizens abroad	Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Matruh, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and Red Sea citizens who reside abroad
24–25 October	Round 1 of the first phase for citizens in Egypt	Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Matruh, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and Red Sea citizens
4–6 November	Round 1 of the second phase for citizens abroad	Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Sharqia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai citizens who reside abroad
7–8 November	Round 1 of the second phase for citizens in Egypt	Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Sharqia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai citizens
21–23 November	Round 2 of the first phase for citizens abroad	Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Matruh, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and Red Sea citizens who reside abroad
23–24 November	Round 2 of the first phase for citizens in Egypt	Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Matruh, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and Red Sea citizens
4–6 December	Round 2 of the second phase for citizens abroad	Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Sharqia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai citizens who reside abroad
7–8 December	Round 2 of the second phase for citizens in Egypt	Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Sharqia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai citizens

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 parallel voting; 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

#	Constituency name	No. of seats	Governorates	Election date
1	Cairo, Central and Southern Delta	100	Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh	7–8 November
2	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	100	Giza, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Red Sea	24–25 October
3	Western Delta	42	Alexandria, Beheira, Matruh	24–25 October
4	Eastern Delta	42	Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, South Sinai	7–8 November

TR Constituencies

#	Name	No. of constituencies	No. of TR seats	PR constituency	Election date
1	Cairo	19	31	Cairo, Central and Southern Delta	7–8 November
2	Giza	12	25	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
3	Dakahlia	10	21	Cairo, Central and Southern Delta	7–8 November
4	Sharqia	8	21	Eastern Delta	7–8 November
5	Beheira	9	18	Western Delta	24–25 October
6	Alexandria	6	16	Western Delta	24–25 October
7	Qalyubia	6	16	Cairo, Central and Southern Delta	7–8 November
8	Minya	6	16	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
9	Sohag	8	14	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
10	Gharbia	7	14	Cairo, Central and Southern Delta	7–8 November
11	Asyut	4	12	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
12	Monufia	6	11	Cairo, Central and Southern Delta	7–8 November
13	Kafr El Sheikh	4	10	Cairo, Central and Southern Delta	7–8 November
14	Faiyum	4	10	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
15	Qena	4	9	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
16	Beni Suef	4	8	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
17	Aswan	4	5	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
18	Ismailia	3	5	Eastern Delta	7–8 November
19	Damietta	2	4	Eastern Delta	7–8 November
20	Luxor	3	3	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
21	Red Sea	3	3	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
22	New Valley	2	2	Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt	24–25 October
23	Matruh	2	2	Western Delta	24–25 October
24	Port Said	2	2	Eastern Delta	7–8 November
25	North Sinai	2	2	Eastern Delta	7–8 November
26	South Sinai	2	2	Eastern Delta	7–8 November
27	Suez	2	2	Eastern Delta	7–8 November
	Total	143	284

Parties

One alliance that will contest the election, called the National Unified Coalition, includes the Nation's Future Party, New Wafd Party, the Homeland Defenders Party, Modern Egypt Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, the Republican People's Party, the Reform and Development Misruna Party, Tagammu, the Generation's Will, the Egyptian Freedom, the Justice, and the Congress Party parties. Other lists include the Call of Egypt 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. They were subsequently convicted in 2021 and given prison sentences.

Process

First Phase

Percentage of voting in the first phase of the Egyptian House of Representatives elections (1st Chamber of Parliament) 2020

  The percentage of those who attended to vote: 28.06%

= 9,069,729 voters

  The percentage of those who did not vote: 71.94%

= 22,649,495 citizens
* The total number of registered voters in the governorates of the first phase = 31,719,224 citizens

Diagram showing the result of the first phase of the 2020 Egyptian House of Representatives elections (first Chamber of Parliament)

  The number of seats that were decided in the list system at the first phase: 142 seats

  The number of seats that (have not been decided) and will be contested again in the list system at the first phase: none

  The number of seats that were decided in the individual system at the first phase: 32 seats

  The number of seats that (have not been decided) and will be contested again in the individual system at the first phase: 110 seats

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 that they belong to in the first phase of the House of Representatives elections (the first chamber of parliament) in Egypt 2020

  Nation's Future Party: 27 seats

  Republican People’s Party: 11 seats

  New Wafd Party: 8 seats

  Homeland Defenders Party: 6 seats

  Independents: 6 seats

  Congress Party: 3 seats

  Egyptian Social Democratic Party: 3 seats

  Reform and Development Party: 3 seats

  Modern Egypt Party: 2 seats

  Justice Party: 1 seat

  Egyptian Freedom Party: 1 seat

Second Phase

Percentage of voting in the second phase of the Egyptian House of Representatives elections (1st Chamber of Parliament) 2020

  The percentage of those who attended to vote: 29.50%

= 9,289,166 voters

  The percentage of those who did not vote: 70.50%

= 22,148,961 citizens
* The total number of registered voters in the governorates of the second phase = 31,438,127 citizens

Diagram showing the result of the second phase of the 2020 Egyptian House of Representatives elections (first Chamber of Parliament)

  The number of seats that were decided in the list system at the second phase: 142 seats

  The number of seats that (have not been decided) and will be contested again in the list system at the second phase: none

  The number of seats that were decided in the individual system at the second phase: 41 seats

  The number of seats that (have not been decided) and will be contested again in the individual system at the second phase: 101 seats

Final seat distribution

 

  Independent: 124 seats

  Eradet Geel Party: 1 seat

  Justice Party: 2 seats

  Tagammu: 6 seats

  Al-Nour Party: 7 seats

  Congress Party: 7 seats

  Egyptian Freedom Party: 7 seats

  Egyptian Social Democratic Party: 7 seats

  Reform and Development Party: 9 seats

  Modern Egypt Party: 11 seats

  Homeland Defenders Party: 23 seats

  New Wafd Party: 26 seats

  Republican People's Party: 50 seats

  Nation's Future Party: 316 seats

Maps

A map of Egypt showing the governorates of the 1st and 2nd phases during the elections for parliament in 2020

  14 Governorates of the first phase:

Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Red Sea, Alexandria, Beheira, Matrouh

  13 Governorates of the second phase:

Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Kafr El Sheikh, Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, South Sinai