2007 Egyptian Shura Council election

Elections for the Shura Council were held in Egypt on 11 and 18 June 2007. From a total of 264 seats in the Shura Council, the upper house of the Egyptian parliament, 88 are for election every three years. Campaign There were 587 candidates competing for the 88 seats in 24 provinces. The main parties running were the National Democratic Party (109 candidates) and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (whose 19 candidates were standing as independents, President Mubarak having had failed in an attempt to disqualify 17 of them). The elections were being boycotted by the New Wafd Party and the Nasserist Party.https://www.haaretz.com/news/one-killed-four-wounded-in-egyptian-election-day-violence-1.222867 https://web.archive.org/web/20110522140455/http://www.haaretz.com/news/one-killed-four-wounded-in-egyptian-election-day-violence-1.222867 dead May 22, 2011 One killed, four wounded in Egyptian election-day violence Haaretz 11 June 2007 4 April 2017 Conduct Violence on election day led to the death of a supporter of an independent candidate in Sharqia province after fighting with supporters of the NDP. Results Egyptian media reported that 11 of the 88 seats were won uncontested by the National Democratic Party. In total, the NDP won 70 seats in the first round of the election, while one seat went to the National Progressive Unionist Party (commonly known as "Tagammu"). Voter turnout was reportedly 23%.16 January 2008 http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2913476 derstandard.at Mubaraks Partei gewinnt Wahl German Mubarak's party wins election The NDP won all 17 seats determined in the second round. Firstround Secondround Not up Nominated Total National Democratic Party 70 17 85 73 245 National Progressive Unionist Party 1 0 2 1 3 New Wafd Party 0 0 0 2 2 Free Social Constitutional Party 0 0 0 1 1 Democratic Front Party 0 0 0 1 1 Democratic Generation Party 0 0 0 1 1 Egyptian Green Party 0 0 0 1 1 Solidarity Party 0 0 0 1 1 Independents 0 0 2 7 9 IPU References Category:Parliamentary elections in Egypt Egypt Egypt Shura Category:Shura Council Shura Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:June 2007 elections