2020 Egyptian parliamentary election

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 seats

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

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

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

  Members of Parliament appointed by the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt: 28 seats

A diagram showing the percentage (%) of the elected and appointed members of Parliament in the Egyptian Parliament, 2020

  The percentage of elected parliamentarians by individual system in the first phase: 23.8%

  The percentage of elected parliamentarians by the list system in the first phase: 23.8%

  The percentage of elected parliamentarians by the individual system of the second phase: 23.8%

  The percentage of elected parliamentarians by the list system in the second phase: 23.8%

  The percentage of appointed parliamentarians by the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt: 4.8%

A map of Egypt showing the governorates of the 1st and 2nd phases during the elections for the Egyptian House of Representatives (First Chamber of Parliament) 2020

  Governorates of the first phase: 14 Governorates

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

  Governorates of the second phase: 13 Governorates

= as next: Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Kafr El Sheikh, Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, South Sinai
* The total number of governorates in Egypt = 27 Governorates

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on October 24–25 and November 7–8 2020 to elect the House of Representatives.

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, with the rationale being that the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), which selected candidates in the previous election, had not done a satisfactory job. 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.

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 Conference 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.

Results

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

  Conference 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

The final formation

  Nation's Future Party: 316 seats

  Republican People’s Party: 50 seats

  New Wafd: 26 seats

  Homeland Defenders Party: 23 seats

  Modern Egypt Party: 11 seats

  Reform and Development Party: 9 seats

  Egyptian Social Democratic Party: 7 seats

  Egyptian Freedom Party: 7 seats

  Conference Party: 7 seats

  EL Nour Party: 7 seats

  Gathering Party: 6 seats

  Justice Party: 2 seats

  Eradet Geel Party: 1 seat

  Independents: 124 seats