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Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 29 November 1995, with a second round for 168 seats on 6 December. [1] The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which won 318 seats. Following the election, 99 of the 112 independents also joined the NDP. [1] Voter turnout was reported to be 47.99%. [1]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| National Democratic Party | 318 | –30 | |||
| New Wafd Party | 6 | New | |||
| National Progressive Unionist Party | 5 | –1 | |||
| Arab Democratic Nasserist Party | 1 | New | |||
| Socialist Labour Party | 1 | New | |||
| Liberal Socialists Party | 1 | New | |||
| Independents | 112 | +29 | |||
| Presidential appointees | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 454 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 9,812,942 | 97.43 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 259,075 | 2.57 | |||
| Total votes | 10,072,017 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,987,453 | 47.99 | |||
| Source: IPU | |||||
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