2005 Egyptian parliamentary election

none Egypt Parliamentary 2000 Egyptian parliamentary election 2000 2010 Egyptian parliamentary election 2010 9 November – 7 December 2005 444 of the 454 seats in the People's Assembly 223 Ahmed Nazif IGF.JPG Ahmed Nazif National Democratic Party (Egypt) 324 File:Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour Senate of Poland.JPG Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour New Wafd Party 6 Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Atef Ebeid National Democratic Party (Egypt) Ahmed Nazif National Democratic Party (Egypt) Parliamentary elections were held by the authoritarian Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt in three-stage elections in November and December 2005 to elect 444 of the 454 members of the People's Assembly.Koehler Kevin 2008 Authoritarian Elections in Egypt: Formal Institutions and Informal Mechanisms of Rule http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510340802362612 Democratization en 15 5 974–990 10.1080/13510340802362612 1351-0347 subscription El-Ghobashy Mona 2026 Elections in Authoritarian Regimes: Egypt, 2005 https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhag029 The American Historical Review 10.1093/ahr/rhag029 subscription The elections formed the Eighth Assembly since the adoption of the 1971 Constitution. A total of 5,267 candidates competed in 222 constituencies for the Assembly's 444 elected seats.2005-12-01 Parliamentary Elections 2005 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/771/election.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20051212185850/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/771/election.htm 2005-12-12 2024-02-02 Al-Ahram Weekly The elections were married by electoral violence, as 12 citizens died, with hundreds injured or arrested.Mohamed Ahmed Ezzeldin 2024 From Cooptation to Violence: Managing Competitive Authoritarian Elections https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027241267209 Journal of Conflict Resolution 69 4 731–760 10.1177/00220027241267209 0022-0027El-Ghobashy Mona 2026 Elections in Authoritarian Regimes https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhag029 The American Historical Review 10.1093/ahr/rhag029 0002-8762 subscription They came only two months after the first multi-candidate presidential elections in Egypt's history, the previous voting procedure being by referendum. Although the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) maintained its majority and control of the Assembly with 311 seats (72%), unprecedented gains were made by the Muslim Brotherhood who took 88 seats, while the rest of the opposition took 24 seats.2005-12-08 Opposition Wins 12 Seats In Egypt - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opposition-wins-12-seats-in-egypt/ 2024-02-02 www.cbsnews.com en-US2005-12-15 Procedure and polarisation http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/773/eg1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20051229025638/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/773/eg1.htm 2005-12-29 2024-02-02 Al-Ahram Weekly Ten further seats are appointed by the president, while 12 were still undecided at the end of the final round awaiting court rulings. Further importance is attached to these elections as a party must achieve 5% of the seats in the Assembly to field a candidate in the next Egyptian presidential elections in 2011. Electoral system The election process ran in the three stages from November 7 to December 9, 2005 using single member plurality, with over 32 million registered voters in the 222 constituencies. Official registration for the candidates began on October 12, 2005. The role of the police is restricted to maintaining peace and order at the polling stations without interference in the voting process or entering the voting stations. The first stage was held on Wednesday November 9, with run-off elections on Tuesday November 15 with 10.7 million registered voters covering 8 Egyptian governorates: Cairo, Giza, al-Minufiyah, Bani Suwayf, Asyut, al-Minya, Matruh and al-Wadi al-Jadid The second stage was held on Sunday November 20, with run-off elections on Saturday November 26 with 10.5 million registered voters covering 9 Egyptian governorates: Alexandria, al-Buhayrah, al-Isma'iliyah, Bur Sa'id, as-Suways, al-Qalyubiyah, al-Gharbiyah, al-Fayyum and Qina. The third stage was held on December 1, with run-off elections on Wednesday December 7 with 10.6 million registered voters covering 9 Egyptian governorates: ad-Daqahliyah, ash-Sharqiyah, Kafr ash Shaykh, Dimyat, Suhaj, Aswan, al-Bahr al-Ahmar, South Sinai and North Sinai. Contesting parties The 2000 parliamentary election resulted in the following seat distribution in the Seventh Assembly: National Democratic Party (NDP) – 417 New Wafd Party – 6 National Progressive Unionist Rally Party – 5 Arab Democratic Nasserist Party – 1 Liberal Party – 1 Independents – 14 Non-Elected Members – 10 Initially the NDP scored only 40% of the seats, but many independents switched their political affiliation back to NDP giving it its soaring majority. Campaign Officially, the campaign period starts immediately after the announcement of the final list of candidates and ends one day before election day. In case of run-offs, it restarts the day following the results day to end the day before election day. Campaign expenditures are limited to not more than £E70,000, with restrictions of any foreign financial assistance or endorsements. Restrictions are also put on using public utilities (transportation, buildings, public sector companies, as well as companies with government-owned shares). Conduct The official monitors of the elections are the judiciary and the governmental National Council for Human Rights (NCHR). Over 30 human rights organizations, civil society groups and NGOs pledged to monitor the elections. The judiciary asked the civil society organizations to form a "National Authority for monitoring elections" that would monitor the elections. Also this authority would replace the wooden ballot boxes with transparent ones (this was done this year), put surveillance cameras inside the polling stations that would provide constant monitoring of the election process (currently under study and is done partially by the media) and to air the vote count live on state television. Mubarak's regime attempted to tightly control the parliamentary elections in favour of his NDP, where a range of violations were recorded and many people were killed. One human rights organisation observed how police security forces closed 100 polling stations in four Governorates (Al-Sharqia, Al-Daqahlia, Damiatta, Kafr El Sheikh), where they also prevented supporters of opposition candidates from entering stations that remained open, while allowing NDP supporters in (Al-Bahrian School, Abu Hamaad Constituency, Al-Sharqia Governorate, Rafah poll station (second Constituency), North Sinai Governorate.2005-12-01 2005 Parliamentary Elections Initial Report - Third Phase Round One http://eohr.org/report/2005/re1201.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20060206164209/http://eohr.org/report/2005/re1201.shtml 2006-02-06 2024-02-02 Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights In the second phase run-off elections, 26 polling stations were closed down in five Governorates (Alexandria, Port Said, Fayoum, Al-Behira and Qena). In the second and third rounds, lines of police officers in riot gear blockaded numerous polling stations in Muslim Brotherhood strongholds, where supporters fought back, hurling stones and molotov cocktails. In one day, security forces killed eight people, while over the course of the elections hundreds of voters were wounded and more than 1000 arrested, mainly supporters of the Brotherhood. By the end of the elections the overall death toll stood at 13.2005-12-15 Time for delivery http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/773/fr1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20051229031030/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/773/fr1.htm 2005-12-29 2024-02-02 Al-Ahram Weekly Results File:2005 Egypt Parliament.svg National Democratic Party 324 –29 New Wafd Party 6 –1 Dignity Party 2 New El-Ghad Party 2 New National Progressive Unionist Rally Party 2 –4 Muslim Brotherhood independents 88 +71 Independents 8 –47 Presidential appointees 10 0 Vacant 12 – 0 8488358 302350 31253417 IRI, IFES On 12 December 2005 President Mubarak appointed ten members of the Assembly. Of the appointed, five are men, five are women and four of them are Copts. The appointed members were: Mohamed Dakrouri, Advisor to the President Ahmed Omar Hashem, former chairman of Al-Azhar University Edward Ghali El-Dahabi, lawyer Ramzi El-Shaer, former president of Zagazig University and professor of constitutional law Iskandar Ghattas, assistant to the Justice Minister Zeinab Radwan, former dean of Cairo University's faculty of Arab and Islamic Studies (Became Deputy Speaker) Georgette Sobhi, member of National Council for Women Ibrahim Habib, chairman of the Real Estate Registration Authority (Notary Public) Siadah Ilhami, sociologist Sanaa El-Banna, chairman of the Petrochemical Holding Company References External links Egyptian Organization for Human Rights Initial Report Al Ahram Weekly special coverage of the 2005 Parliamentary Elections Wittes Tamara Cofman 24 August 2005 The 2005 Egyptian Elections: How Free? How Important? https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-2005-egyptian-elections-how-free-how-important/ 2026-06-27 Brookings en-US Elad-Altman Israel 1 Nov 2006 The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood After the 2005 Elections https://www.hudson.org/national-security-defense/the-egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-after-the-2005-elections 2026-06-27 www.hudson.org en Sharp Jeremy M. 2006-01-15 Egypt: 2005 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs10216/ UNT Digital Library English https://web.archive.org/web/20240730093935/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs10216/ 2024-07-30 Egypt Egypt Parliamentary election Category:Electoral violence Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Parliamentary elections in Egypt Parliamentary Parliamentary