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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 路 Capital: Cairo

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Upcoming elections

  • Presidential election

    2029 Egyptian presidential election

    President of Egypt

    Date expected

    sis.gov.eg Official source

    The president shall be elected for a period of six calendar years, commencing from the day following the termination of the term of his predecessor.

    Recorded 8 Oct 2026

How Egypt is governed

System of government
Presidential republic

sis.gov.eg Official source

The government is the supreme executive and administrative body of the State.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

sis.gov.eg Official source

The President of the Republic is the head of State and the head of executive power.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of state
President of the Republic

sis.gov.eg Official source

The government is the supreme executive and administrative body of the State.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

sis.gov.eg Official source

The President of the Republic is the head of State and the head of executive power.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of government
Prime Minister

sis.gov.eg Official source

The government is the supreme executive and administrative body of the State.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

sis.gov.eg Official source

The President of the Republic is the head of State and the head of executive power.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Voting age
18

sis.gov.eg Official source

The government is the supreme executive and administrative body of the State.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

sis.gov.eg Official source

The President of the Republic is the head of State and the head of executive power.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Compulsory voting
Yes

sis.gov.eg Official source

The government is the supreme executive and administrative body of the State.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

sis.gov.eg Official source

The President of the Republic is the head of State and the head of executive power.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Electoral authority
National Elections Authority

sis.gov.eg Official source

The government is the supreme executive and administrative body of the State.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

sis.gov.eg Official source

The President of the Republic is the head of State and the head of executive power.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Legislature

sis.gov.eg Official source

The government is the supreme executive and administrative body of the State.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

sis.gov.eg Official source

The President of the Republic is the head of State and the head of executive power.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

  • House of Representatives 596 seats 路 5-year term 路 568 members are elected directly by secret ballot, using individual and closed-list systems; up to 5% of members may be appointed by the president.
  • Senate 300 seats 路 5-year term 路 200 members are elected directly by secret ballot: 100 through individual constituencies and 100 through closed party lists; 100 members are appointed by the pr

The president is directly elected for a six-year term and may serve no more than two consecutive terms. The prime minister is appointed by the president, subject to House of Representatives confidence. Voting is legally compulsory, with a fine for unjustified non-voting. The Senate is consultative and has a mixed elected-appointed composition.

sis.gov.eg Official source

The government is the supreme executive and administrative body of the State.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

sis.gov.eg Official source

The President of the Republic is the head of State and the head of executive power.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Elected offices

  • President of the Republic head of state 路 1 seats 路 6-year term 路 Direct secret ballot; an absolute majority is required, with a runoff if necessary.

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Results

The latest elections with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2024 Egyptian presidential election

Final resultsTurnout 66.8%

Share of the vote (%): all 4 lines, as in the table
Results of 2024 Egyptian presidential election
Party or candidateVotesShareSource
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Elected39,702,45189.7%

elections.eg Official source

毓丿丿 丕賱賲爻噩賱賷賳 67,032,438 毓丿丿 丕賱丨囟賵乇 44,777,668 賳爻亘丞 丕賱賲卮丕乇賰丞 66.8 %

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Percentage 89.65% 4.49%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Hazem Omar (Republican People's Party)1,986,3524.5%

elections.eg Official source

毓丿丿 丕賱賲爻噩賱賷賳 67,032,438 毓丿丿 丕賱丨囟賵乇 44,777,668 賳爻亘丞 丕賱賲卮丕乇賰丞 66.8 %

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Percentage 89.65% 4.49%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Farid Zahran (Egyptian Social Democratic Party)1,776,9524%

elections.eg Official source

毓丿丿 丕賱賲爻噩賱賷賳 67,032,438 毓丿丿 丕賱丨囟賵乇 44,777,668 賳爻亘丞 丕賱賲卮丕乇賰丞 66.8 %

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Percentage 89.65% 4.49%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Abdel-Sanad Yamama (Egyptian Wafd Party)822,6061.9%

elections.eg Official source

毓丿丿 丕賱賲爻噩賱賷賳 67,032,438 毓丿丿 丕賱丨囟賵乇 44,777,668 賳爻亘丞 丕賱賲卮丕乇賰丞 66.8 %

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Percentage 89.65% 4.49%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

2020 Egyptian parliamentary election 路 24 October 2020

Final resultsTurnout 29.1%

Results of 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election
Party or candidateSeatsSource
Nation's Future Party Elected317

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Independents Elected117

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Republican People's Party Elected49

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

New Wafd Party Elected25

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Homeland Defenders Party Elected23

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Modern Egypt Party Elected13

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Reform and Development Party Elected9

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Egyptian Conference Party Elected8

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Al-Nour Party Elected7

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Egyptian Freedom Party Elected7

data.ipu.org News report

Turnout was low: about 29 per cent of 63 million eligible voters turned out at the polls.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Open 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election

Egypt in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

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