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Parliamentary elections are due to be held in Egypt in 2025.[1]

Electoral system

The Parliament of Egypt is made up of 596 seats, with 448 seats elected through the single member districts, 120 elected through party bloc vote in which party list should win 50%+ votes to win all seats however if no list achieved the threshold, a second round held between top two parties and the list with the most votes wins. Party list contain quotas for youth, women, Christians, and workers. Single member districts consists of 1-member district, 2-member districts, 3-member district and 4-member districts, winner should win 50%+ of the votes, if no one achieved the threshold a second round held between top candidates (candidates number should be the double of contested seat number) and the candidate with the most votes wins. In addition, 28 are selected by the president.[2] The government commission that set the rules for the 2015 parliamentary elections drastically reduced the number of "list seats" (candidates who shared party affiliations or other alliances, and whose ranks had to include people under the age of thirty-five, women, Christians, and other traditionally underrepresented groups) from the 2011 election."[3]

References

  1. ^ "EISA's Comprehensive African election calendar". EISA. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Egypt election committee to announce date for parliamentary poll Sunday". Ahram Online. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. ^ Hessler, Peter (7 March 2016). "Letter from El-Balyana". New Yorker. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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