Egyptian parliamentary election, 1990

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Egyptian parliamentary election, 1990

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  1987 29 November 1990
6 December 1990
1995  

All 454 seats to the People's Assembly of Egypt
227 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party
  Atef Sedki.JPG Khalid Muhyi al-Din-1952-54.jpg
Leader Atef Sedki Khaled Mohieddin
Party NDP Tagammu
Seats won 348 6

Prime Minister before election

Atef Sedki
National Democratic Party

Subsequent Prime Minister

Atef Sedki
National Democratic Party

Early parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 29 November 1990, with a second round for 261 seats on 6 December. [1] They followed a referendum in October on the early dissolution of Parliament due to issues surrounding the legality of the 1987 elections. However, the elections were boycotted by the Socialist Labour Party (SLP), the Liberal Socialists Party (LSP) and the New Wafd Party, which claimed that the reformed Electoral Law would fail to ensure free elections. [1]

Egypt Country spanning North Africa and Southwest Asia

Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan, across the Red Sea lies Saudi Arabia, and across the Mediterranean lie Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, although none share a land border with Egypt.

Parliament of Egypt

The Parliament of Egypt is currently a unicameral legislature. The Parliament is located in Cairo, Egypt's capital. Under the country's 2014 constitution, as the legislative branch of the Egyptian state the Parliament enacted laws, approved the general policy of the State, the general plan for economic and social development and the general budget of the State, supervised the work of the government, and had the power to vote to impeach the President of the Republic, or replace the government and its Prime Minister by a vote of no-confidence.

The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which won 348 of the 444 elected seats. However, a further 56 of the 83 independent candidates were affiliated with the NDP, whilst 14 were affiliated with the New Wafd Party, 8 with the SLP and one with the LSP. [2] Voter turnout was reported to be 44.2%, [1] but was estimated to be only 20-30%. [2]

National Democratic Party (Egypt) former political party in Egypt

The National Democratic Party, often simply called in Arabic: الحزب الوطني‎ Al-Ḥizb al-Waṭaniy – the "National Party", was an Egyptian political party. It was founded by President Anwar El Sadat in 1978.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Democratic Party 348–11
National Progressive Unionist Party 6+6
Green Party 0New
Umma Party 00
Independents83+75
Seats left vacant7
Presidential appointees100
Invalid/blank votes350,186
Total7,253,168100454–4
Registered voters/turnout16,326,22944.4
Source: IPU

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