Egyptian parliamentary election, 1979

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Egyptian parliamentary election, 1979

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  1976 7 and 14 June 1979 1984  

  First party Second party
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Leader Anwar Sadat Ibrahim Shoukry
Party NDP SLP
Seats won 347 30

Prime Minister before election

Mustafa Khalil
National Democratic Party

Subsequent Prime Minister

Mustafa Khalil
National Democratic Party

Early parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 7 June 1979, with a second round for 147 seats being held on 14 June. Following the experimental 1976 elections, in which three different factions of the Arab Socialist Union had competed against each other, the country had returned to multi-party politics. This was confirmed in a referendum on the formation of new parties held in April. [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.

Arab Socialist Union (Egypt) Egyptian political party

The Arab Socialist Union was an Egyptian political party based on the principles of Nasserist Arab socialism.

Two candidates were elected from each of the 176 constituencies, with a second round of voting required if one or both of the candidates failed to win over 50% of the vote in the first round, or neither of the candidates with over 50% were classed as a worker or farmer (each constituency had to have at least one farmer or worker representing it). [1] In addition, 30 seats were reserved for women, and following the election, the President appointed a further 10 members.

Around 1,600 candidates contested the election, nearly 1,000 of which were independents. The result was a victory for President Anwar Sadat's National Democratic Party, which won 347 of the 392 seats.

Anwar Sadat Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and a close confidant of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, under whom he served as Vice President twice and whom he succeeded as President in 1970.

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 347New
Socialist Labour Party 30New
Liberal Socialists Party 2–13
Independents13+34
Total392+32
Source: IPU

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References

  1. 1 2 Egypt Inter-Parliamentary Union