Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015

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Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015

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568 of 596 seats to the House of Representatives (28 seats appointed).
299 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 28.27%

 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Essam Khalil El-Sayyed El-Badawi El-Sayyid el-Badawi
Party Free Egyptians Party Future of the Nation Party New Wafd Party
Alliance For the Love of Egypt For the Love of Egypt For the Love of Egypt
Seats before15New Party38
Seats won655336
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 50Increase2.svg 53Decrease2.svg 2
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Leader Galal Haridy Hazem Omar Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida
Party Homeland Defenders Party Republican People's Party Conference Party
Alliance For the Love of Egypt Egyptian Front For the Love of Egypt
Seats beforeNew PartyNot ContestedNew Party
Seats won181312
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 18Increase2.svg 13Increase2.svg 12

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   Free Egyptians Party: 65 seats
   Nation's Future Party: 53 seats
   New Wafd Party: 36 seats
   Homeland Defenders Party: 18 seats
   Republican People's Party: 13 seats
   Conference Party: 12 seats
   al-Nour Party: 11 seats
   Conservative Party: 6 seats
   Democratic Peace Party: 5 seats
   Egyptian Social Democratic Party: 4 seats
   Egyptian Patriotic Movement: 4 seats
   Modern Egypt Party: 4 seats
   Reform and Development Party: 3 seats
   Freedom Party: 3 seats
   My Homeland Egypt Party: 3 seats
   National Progressive Unionist Party: 2 seats
   Arab Democratic Nasserist Party: 1 seat
   Revolutionary Guards Party: 1 seat
   Free Egyptian Building Party: 1 seat
  Independents: 351 seats
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Egyptian parliamentary elections to the House of Representatives were held in two phases, from 17 October to 2 December 2015. [1] The elected parliament will be entrusted with the task of reviewing the laws that were passed while a parliament was not in session. [2]

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In preparation for the election, security was tightened across the country with at least 185,000 troops supporting police, president Sisi made a televised appeal for Egyptians to vote, and in mid-October, public sector employees were given half a day's holiday to encourage them to take part. The strikingly low turnout, in some areas close to only 10%, with "many angry at the government and its policies", was widely regarded as a set-back for the administration and a success for calls to boycotts from oppositional movements. [3]

Electoral System

The parliament is made up of 596 seats, with 448 seats elected through the single member districts, 120 elected through block 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. [4] 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." [5]

Plurality-at-large voting, also known as block vote or multiple non-transferable vote (MNTV), is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election. Multiple winners are elected simultaneously to serve the district. Block voting is not a system for obtaining proportional representation; instead the usual result is that where the candidates divide into definitive parties the most popular party in the district sees its full slate of candidates elected, resulting in a landslide.

Procedure

First phase: Upper Egypt & West Delta

In the first phase, elections were held from 17 to 28 October 2015 in the fourteen governorates of the Upper Egypt and West Delta regions, namely the governorates of Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Red Sea, Alexandria, Beheira, and Matruh.

Giza Governorate Governorate in Egypt

Giza Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the center of the country, situated on the west bank of the Nile River opposite Cairo. Its capital is the city of Giza. It includes a stretch of the left bank of the Nile Valley around Giza, and acquired a large stretch of Egypt's Western Desert, including Bahariya Oasis when the 6th of October Governorate was merged into it on 14 April 2011. The Giza Governorate is also home to the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza.

Faiyum Governorate Governorate in Egypt

Faiyum Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt in the middle of the country. Its capital is the city of Faiyum, located about 81 mi (130 km) south west of Cairo. It has a population of 3,072,181 (2014).

Beni Suef Governorate Governorate in Egypt

Beni Suef is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is situated in the center of the country.

For these governorates, the first round of elections took place on 18 to 19 October for Egyptian residents, while it took place on 17 to 18 October for Egyptian expatriates. Runoffs were held on 27 to 28 October for Egyptians residents, and on 26 to 27 October for Egyptian expatriates. [6]

Nominations started on 1 September, [1] and lasted until 12 September (with the exception of the Qena and Qoss districts, which were extended until 15 September), [7] though candidates had until 15 September to submit the necessary medical tests. [8] Campaigning for the first phase started on 29 September [9] and ended on 15 October. [10]

Second phase: Central and East Delta

In the second phase, elections took place from 21 November to 2 December 2015 in the remaining nine governorates of the Central Delta and East Delta regions, namely the governorates of Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Gharbia, Kafr el-Sheikh, Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai.

For these governorates, the first round of elections took place on 22 to 23 November for Egyptian residents and 21 to 22 November for Egyptian expatriates. Runoffs were held on 1 to 2 December for Egyptian residents, and on 30 November to 1 December for Egyptian expatriates. [6]

Campaigning started on 2 November and ended on 20 November 2015. [11]

Candidates

On 16 September, the High Elections Committee announced the initial list of accepted candidates. While nine electoral lists were accepted, five more lists were rejected, including two of the three lists of the Egypt coalition (Egyptian Front & Independent Current Coalition) as well as the lists of Upper Egypt's Voice, Call of Egypt and Knights of Egypt. [12] After appealing to court, all rejected lists but the one by Upper Egypt's Voice were admitted. The final list of candidates for the first phase was announced on 28 September. [6]

A total of 7 electoral lists are contesting the 120 fixed-list seats available in the four regional constituencies:

Accepted electoral lists
Name of the list1st phase constituency2nd phase constituency
North, Center & South Upper Egypt Division Constituency
(45 seats)		 West Delta Division Constituency
(15 seats)		 Cairo, South & Center Delta Division Constituency
(45 seats)		 East Delta Division Constituency
(15 seats)
For the Love of Egypt (Fi Hob Misr)YesYesYesYes
Egypt coalitionYesYesYesNo
Al-Nour Party NoYesYesNo
Call of Egypt (Nidaa Misr)YesNoNoNo
Independent National Reawakening Bloc (al-Sahwa al-Wataneya)YesNoNoNo
Knights of Egypt (Forsan Misr)NoYesNoNo
Republican Alliance for Social Forces NoNoYesNo
Source: Mada Masr [13]

In the first phase, 2,573 individual candidates contested in 226 individual seats. Many parties are fielding individual candidates both on joint electoral lists and contesting the list-based seats. [6]

Results

Results per party seat: Free Egyptians Party: 65 seats Nation's Future Party: 53 seats New Wafd Party: 36 seats Homeland Defenders Party: 18 seats Republican People's Party: 13 seats Conference Party: 12 seats al-Nour Party: 11 seats Conservative Party: 6 seats Democratic Peace Party: 5 seats Egyptian Social Democratic Party: 4 seats Egyptian Patriotic Movement: 4 seats Modern Egypt Party: 4 seats Reform and Development Party: 3 seats Freedom Party: 3 seats My Homeland Egypt Party: 3 seats National Progressive Unionist Party: 2 seats Arab Democratic Nasserist Party: 1 seat Revolutionary Guards Party: 1 seat Free Egyptian Building Party: 1 seat Egyptian parliamentary election 2015 (party seats).svg
Results per party seat:
   Free Egyptians Party: 65 seats
   Nation's Future Party: 53 seats
   New Wafd Party: 36 seats
   Conference Party: 12 seats
   al-Nour Party: 11 seats
   Conservative Party: 6 seats
   Modern Egypt Party: 4 seats
   Freedom Party: 3 seats
  Free Egyptian Building Party: 1 seat

First phase

e  •  d  
PartyIdeologyCandidatesRun-off
candidates		% Reaching runoffVotesSeats
Free Egyptians Party Liberalism 1116456.631,009,08341
Nation's Future Party Populism 896451.68702,96526
Al-Nour Party Salafi Islamist 912325.27494,0428
New Wafd Party National liberalism 772127.27392,13816
Republican People's Party Populism 421433.33198,82211
Democratic Peace Party Nationalism 57814.03155,8471
Conference Party National liberalism 53713.20105,9755
Homeland Defenders Party Populism 5159.8089,8757
Freedom Party Liberalism 6350.0068,9261
Egyptian Social Democratic Party Social liberalism 41512.1956,9223
Egyptian Patriotic Movement Secularism 6046.6645,0141
My Homeland Egypt Party Populism 20315.0029,9711
Modern Egypt Party 2528.0025,9932
Conservative Conservatism 1414.2823,0421
Free Egyptian Building Party1119.091
Leader Party9111.110
Other/Independents ----
Total

[14] [15]

The results for expatriate voting during the first phase were announced on 20 October 2015. [16]

Results for expatriate voting during the first round
CoalitionsVotes
For the Love of Egypt 15,529
Call of Egypt 3,076
Egypt 2,969
Independent National Reawakening Bloc 1,403
e  •  d  Summary of the 2015 election for House of Representatives (Egypt)
PartyIdeologyVotesVote % FPTP SeatsList SeatsTotal SeatsComponent Parties
Free Egyptians Party Liberalism, Secularism 57865
Nation's Future Party Populism 431053
New Wafd Party Egyptian nationalism, National Liberalism 278361 appointed member
Homeland Defenders Party Populism 10818
Republican People's Party Liberalism, Populism 13013
Conference Party Big tent, Liberalism 8412
Al-Nour Party Islamism, Salafism 11011
Conservative Party Conservative Liberalism 156
Democratic Peace Party Liberal Democracy, Civic Nationalism 505
Egyptian Social Democratic Party Social Democracy, Social Liberalism 404
Egyptian National Movement Party Secularism 404
Modern Egypt Party 404
Freedom Party Big tent, Liberalism 303
Reform and Development Party Liberalism 303
My Homeland Egypt Party Populism 303
Revolutionary Guards Party Nationalism, Liberalism 101
National Progressive Unionist Party Left-wing Nationalism, Democratic Socialism 1021 appointed member
Free Egyptian Building Party Islamism 101
Nasserist Party Arab Nationalism, Arab Socialism 101
IndependentsIndependents--2517435128 Appointed members
Total electedelected MPs0100.00000
Appointeesnon-elected MPs----0
TotalMPs----0

Boycotts

A number of parties boycotted the election, claiming that the process was unfair. These included the following:

Rules for media coverage of elections by Supreme Electoral Commission

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