Elections in Egypt
Political elections for public offices in Egypt
Elections in Egypt are held for the president and a bicameral legislature. The president of Egypt is elected for a six-year term by popular vote after draft amendments to the 2013 constitution altered the presidential term limits from the original four years to six years. With the exception of the 2012 Egyptian presidential election after the Egyptian Revolution, elections in Egypt have neither been free nor fair and taken place in authoritarian contexts. Since Abdel Fattah el-Sisi overthrew Mohamed Morsi in the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, el-Sisi has headed an authoritarian government in Egypt.
Suffrage is universal and compulsory for every Egyptian citizen over 18. Failure to vote can result in a fine or even imprisonment, but in practice, a significant percentage of eligible voters do not vote. About 63 million voters are registered to vote out of a population of more than 100 million. Turnout in the 2011 parliamentary election was 54%. Egypt was ranked 9th least electoral democracy in the Middle East and North Africa according to V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023 with a score of 0.175 out of 1.
Result
Presidential
1956 Egyptian referendum
1976 Egyptian presidential confirmation referendum
1981 Egyptian presidential confirmation referendum
Parliamentary
1964 United Arab Republic parliamentary election
1976 Egyptian parliamentary election
Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953)
The Kingdom of Egypt was granted nominal independence by the United Kingdom on 28 February 1922.
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