Egyptian parliamentary election, 1995

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Egyptian parliamentary election, 1995

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  1990 29 November 1995
6 December 1995
2000  

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

  First party Second party
  Ganzouri.jpeg Fouad Serageddin.jpg
Leader Kamal Ganzouri Fouad Serageddin
Party NDP New Wafd
Seats won 318 6

Prime Minister before election

Atef Sedki
National Democratic Party

Subsequent Prime Minister

Kamal Ganzouri
National Democratic Party

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]

Egypt Country spanning North Africa and Southwest Asia

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National Democratic Party (Egypt) former political party in Egypt

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Democratic Party 318–30
New Wafd Party 6New
National Progressive Unionist Party 5–1
Arab Democratic Nasserist Party 1New
Socialist Labour Party 1New
Liberal Socialists Party 1New
Independents112+29
Presidential appointees100
Invalid/blank votes259,075
Total10,072,0171004540
Registered voters/turnout20,987,45347.99
Source: IPU

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Egypt: Elections held in 1995 Inter-Parliamentary Union