1979 Egyptian parliamentary election

none Egypt Parliamentary 1976 Egyptian parliamentary election 1976 1984 Egyptian parliamentary election 1984 7 June 1979 (first round)14 June 1979 (second round) Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg Anwar Sadat National Democratic Party (Egypt) 347 File:Ibrahim Shoukry and the Egyptian Labour party demonstration 1985.jpg Ibrahim Shoukry SLP 30 Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil Mustafa Khalil National Democratic Party (Egypt) National Democratic Party (Egypt) 1979 File:Flag of Egypt (1972–1984).svg Early parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 7 June 1979, with a second round for 147 seats being held on 14 June. Following the experimental 1976 elections, in which three different factions of the Arab Socialist Union had competed against each other, the country had returned to multi-party politics. This was confirmed in a referendum on the formation of new parties held in April. The elections were the first multi-party elections since the 1950 parliamentary election, three years before the country became a republic. Two candidates were elected from each of the 176 constituencies, with a second round of voting required if one or both of the candidates failed to win over 50% of the vote in the first round, or neither of the candidates with over 50% were classed as a worker or farmer (each constituency had to have at least one farmer or worker representing it).Egypt Inter-Parliamentary Union In addition, 30 seats were reserved for women, and following the election, the President appointed a further 10 members. Around 1,600 candidates contested the election, nearly 1,000 of which were independents. The result was a victory for President Anwar Sadat's newly established National Democratic Party, which won 347 of the 392 seats. Results File:1979 Egypt Parliament.svg National Democratic Party 347 New Socialist Labour Party 30 New Liberal Socialists Party 2 –13 Independents 13 –34 +32 IPU References Egypt Egypt Parliamentary Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Parliamentary elections in Egypt Egypt Egypt