Parliamentary elections in Egypt 1987

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on April 6, 1987 , with a second round for nine seats on April 13.

The elections followed changes in the electoral law adopted by the constitutional referendum in February 1987 , which now allowed independent candidates to run for election. The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party , which won a total of 346 of the 458 seats. after this election, the people's assembly appointed the incumbent Hosni Mubarak for the post of president, whose candidacy was also proposed to the voters in a referendum on October 5th.

The turnout was 50.45%, and an estimated turnout of 25% was expected before the elections. The opposition leader for the first time was the Islamic Alliance , a coalition of the Socialist Labor Party , the Socialist Liberal Party and the Muslim Brotherhood .

Results

Political party be right proportion of Seats +/-
National Democratic Party 4,751,758 69.9% 346 −44
Islamic Alliance: 1,163,525 17% 60 New
New Wafd party 746.023 10.9% 35 −23
Independent 7th New
National Progressive Unionist Party 150,570 2.2% 0 0
Umma party 13,031 0.2% 0 New
Presidential Appointments - - 10 0
Invalid / empty notes 402,559 - - -
total 7,207,467 100% 458 0
Source: Nohlen

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Egypt (PDF; 19 kB) Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. ↑ The Middle East and North Africa 2003 p. 292.
  3. ^ Egypt: Elections Country Studies
  4. ↑ D. Nohlen, B. Thibaut, M. Krennerich: Elections in Africa: A data handbook. 1999, ISBN 0-19-829645-2 , p. 341.