1990 Egyptian parliamentary election

none Egypt Parliamentary 1987 Egyptian parliamentary election 1987 1995 Egyptian parliamentary election 1995 29 November 1990 (first round)6 December 1990 (second round) All 454 seats in the People's Assembly 228 110x110px Atef Sedki.JPG Atef Sedki National Democratic Party (Egypt) 348 File:Khalid Mohideen.png Khaled Mohieddin National Progressive Unionist Rally Party 6 Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Atef Sedki Atef Sedki National Democratic Party (Egypt) National Democratic Party (Egypt) Early parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 29 November 1990, with a second round for 261 seats on 6 December.Egypt: Elections held in 1990 Inter-Parliamentary Union They followed a referendum in October on the early dissolution of Parliament due to issues surrounding the legality of the 1987 elections. However, the elections were boycotted by the Socialist Labour Party (SLP), the Liberal Socialists Party (LSP), the Muslim Brotherhood and the New Wafd Party, which claimed that the reformed Electoral Law would fail to ensure free elections.Harnisch Chris Mecham Quinn 2009 Democratic Ideology in Islamist Opposition? The Muslim Brotherhood's 'Civil State' https://www.jstor.org/stable/40262657 Middle Eastern Studies 45 2 189–205 0026-3206 The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which won 348 of the 444 elected seats. However, a further 56 of the 83 independent candidates were affiliated with the NDP, whilst 14 were affiliated with the New Wafd Party, 8 with the SLP and one with the LSP.The Middle East and North Africa 2003 p293 Voter turnout was reported to be 44.2%, but was estimated to be only 20-30%. Results File:1990 Egypt Parliament.svg National Democratic Party 348 –11 National Progressive Unionist Rally Party 6 +6 Egyptian Green Party 0 New Umma Party 0 0 #808080 Independents 83 +75 Presidential appointees 10 0 Vacant 7 – 6902982 350186 –4 16326229 IPU, Nohlen et al.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p343 0-19-829645-2 References Further reading Kienle Eberhard A Grand Delusion Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt 2001 I. B. Tauris The 1990 Elections to the People's Assembly Egypt Egypt Parliamentary Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Parliamentary elections in Egypt Egypt Egypt Egypt Egypt