2000 Egyptian parliamentary election

18 October–8 November 2000

All 454 seats in the People's Assembly
227 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Atef Ebeid Numan Gumaa
Party NDP New Wafd
Seats won 353 7

Prime Minister before election

Kamal Ganzouri
NDP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Atef Ebeid
NDP

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt in three stages between 18 October and 8 November 2000.[1] The election was broken into stages after a July ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court that judges must monitor all polling stations. The first stage on 18 October was held in 150 seats in northern Egypt, the second stage took place on 28 October for 134 seats in eastern and southern Egypt, and the third stage on 8 November involved the 156 seats in central Egypt, including Cairo. Two seats in Alexandria were left vacant after the results were annulled by a court.[1]

The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which won 353 seats. Following the election, 35 of the 72 independents also joined the NDP.[1]

Results

Seventeen of the 72 independents were members of the Muslim Brotherhood.[1]

PartySeats+/–
National Democratic Party35335
New Wafd Party7+1
National Progressive Unionist Party6+1
Arab Democratic Nasserist Party3+2
Other parties1
Independents72–40
Presidential appointees100
Vacant2
Total4540
Source: IPU

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Egypt: Elections held in 1995 Inter-Parliamentary Union
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