1987 Egyptian parliamentary election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 6 April 1987, with a second round for nine seats on 13 April.[1] They followed a change in the electoral law, approved by a referendum in February, which would allow independent candidates to run in the election. The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party, which won 346 of the 458 seats.[2] Following the election, the People's Assembly nominated incumbent Hosni Mubarak for the post of president, whose candidacy was put to voters in a referendum on 5 October.

1987 Egyptian parliamentary election
6 and 13 April 1987
All 458 seats to the People's Assembly of Egypt
230 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Atef Sedki Ibrahim Shoukry
Party NDP IA
Seats won 346 60
Popular vote 4,751,758 1,163,525
Percentage 69.62% 17.05%
Prime Minister before election

Atef Sedki
National Democratic Party

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Atef Sedki
National Democratic Party

Voter turnout was reported to be 50.45%,[1] but was estimated to be closer to 25%.[3]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Democratic Party4,751,75869.62346–44
Islamic Alliance (SLP–LSP–MB)1,163,52517.0560+60
New Wafd Party746,02310.9335–23
National Progressive Unionist Party150,5702.2100
Umma Party13,0310.190New
Independents7New
Presidential appointees100
Total6,824,907100.004580
Valid votes6,824,90894.43
Invalid/blank votes402,5595.57
Total votes7,227,467100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,324,16250.46
Source: Nohlen et al.,[4][lower-alpha 1] IPU
  1. There is a difference of one between the total number of votes for each party (6,824,907) and the total of valid votes (6,824,908).

References
  1. Egypt Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. The Middle East and North Africa 2003 p292
  3. Egypt: Elections Country Studies
  4. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p341 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.