Election to Shura in Egypt 2012

Elections to the Shura in Egypt 2012

(Share of votes in%)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

45.0

28.6

8.5

5.4

1.5

1.3

9.7

FGP

Nour

Wafd

ÄB

The peace

FP

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats:

FGP ( Democratic Alliance ), 105 seats

Party of Light ( Islamic Bloc ), 45 seats

New Wafd party , 14 seats

Egyptian block , 8 seats

Freedom Party , 3 seats

Party of Democratic Peace , 1 seat

Independent, 4 seats

Appointed by the President, 90 seats

The election for the Shura Council in Egypt in 2012 took place from January 29 to February 22, 2012. In the first round, 3,543,972 people voted (12%?); in the second round 2,606,126 (almost 9%?).

It was the body's first free election. At that time Egypt had a two-chamber system with a Shura Council (Arabic " Majlis asch-Shura " ) as the upper house and the people's assembly as the lower house . The last Shura council elections took place in June 2007 and June 2010 .

The Liberal Party of the Free Egyptians announced that it would boycott the elections for the Shura Council in protest against serious irregularities during the previous general election in 2011/12 and against the election campaign, which was heavily influenced by religious issues.

Electoral process

The election for the Shura Council was held in two rounds:

• The first round on January 29th and 30th, 2012 with a runoff on February 5th and 6th;
• The second round on February 14th and 15th with a runoff on February 21st and 22nd.

Of a total of 270 seats on the Shura Council, 180 were filled by election and 90 were appointed by the elected president after the presidential election. The original plan was to have the Shura Council elected in three rounds (with the third round taking place on March 4-5 and the runoff elections on March 11-12), but in spring 2012 the electoral process accelerated to the transition period to shorten.

Results

First round

Final result of the first round of elections:

Political party		ideology	Absolutely	Voting share	Seats ( VW )	Seats ( MW )	Total seats	Seat share
	Freedom and Justice Party	Muslim Brotherhood Party	1,577,054	45%	28	25th	53	59%
	Party of light	Salafist Islamists	1,007,338	28%	18th	1	19th	21%
	New Wafd party	National liberalism	304.933	9%	6th	0	6th	7%
	Egyptian block	Liberalism , social democracy	227,437	6%	5	0	5	6%
	Freedom party	Former NDP members	38,750	1 %	2	0	2	2%
	Democratic Peace Party		43,786	1 %	1	0	1	1 %
	Other	----		10%	0	4th	4th	4%
total			3,543,972	100%	60	30th	90	100%

Source:

Second round

Final result of the second round of elections:

Political party		ideology	Absolutely	Voting share	Seats ( VW )	Seats ( MW )	Total seats	Seat share
	Freedom and Justice Party	Muslim Brotherhood Party	1,317,868	45.70%	28	24	52	58%
	Party of light	Salafist Islamists	832.676	28.88%	20th	6th	26th	29%
	New Wafd party	National liberalism	238.484	8.27%	8th	0	8th	9%
	Egyptian block	Liberalism , social democracy	121,520	4.21%	3	0	3	3%
	Freedom party	Former NDP members	46.186	1.60%	1	0	1	1 %
total			2,606,126	100%	60	30th	90	100%

Overall result

Political party		ideology	Absolutely	Voting share	Seats ( VW )	Seats ( MW )	Total seats	Seat share
	Freedom and Justice Party	Muslim Brotherhood Party	2,894,922	45%	56	49	105	58%
	Party of light	Salafist Islamists	1,840,014	29%	38	7th	45	25%
	New Wafd party	National liberalism	543.417	8th %	14th	0	14th	8th %
	Egyptian block	Liberalism , social democracy	348,957	5%	8th	0	8th	4%
	Freedom party	Former NDP members	84,936	1 %	3	0	3	2%
	Democratic Peace Party		95.273	2%	1	0	1	1 %
	Independent	----	620.147	10%	0	4th	4th	2%
Total (elected MPs)			6,427,666	100%	120	60	180	100%
Appointed by the President		----	-	-	-	-	90	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Menafn: QN News Story S ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Free Egyptians party announces boycott of upper house elections . In: Ahram Online , January 9, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012. 
3. ^ Ahram online: Egypt Politics - SCAF finally reveals parliamentary elections dates
4. ^ Elections 2011: Egypt
5. ^ Q + A: How does Egypt's parliamentary election system work? . In: Reuters , November 28, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2012. 
6. ^ France 24: Egypt Elections - Cairo - Muslim Brotherhood - Hosni Mubarak
7. ^ Elections Results . www.sis.gov.eg. Retrieved on June 3, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.