Parliamentary elections in Egypt 1990
Early parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on November 29, 1990 , with a second round for 261 seats on December 6.
It followed a referendum in October on the early dissolution of the Egyptian parliament on concerns about the legality of the 1987 general election in Egypt . However, the elections were boycotted by the Socialist Labor Party , the Socialist Liberal Party and the New Wafd Party , which claimed that the reformed electoral law may fail to guarantee free elections.
The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which won a total of 348 of the 444 seats. However, 56 of the 83 independent candidates were affiliated with the NDP, while 14 were affiliated with the New Wafd Party, 8 with the Socialist Labor Party and one with the Socialist Liberal Party. The turnout was 44.2%, but before the election it was expected that it could only be 20 to 30% 5. A total of 7,253,168 people voted, of which 350,186 were invalid or blank ballots.
Results
Political party | proportion of | Seats | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
National Democratic Party | 76.7% | 348 | −11 |
Independent | 18.3% | 83 | +75 |
National Progressive Unionist Party | 1.3% | 6th | +6 |
Green party | 0% | 0 | New |
Umma party | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Vacant seats | 1.5% | 7th | - |
Presidential Appointments | 2.2% | 10 | 0 |
total | 100% | 454 | -4 |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Egypt: Elections held in 1990 Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ A b The Middle East and North Africa 2003 p293