Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 28 October 1976, with a second round in four constituencies on 4 November. While the Arab Socialist Union remained the sole legal party in the country, as in previous elections, these elections were unique in having three distinct political factions of the party compete against each other (the right-wing Socialist Liberal Organisation, the centrist Arab Socialist Organisation and the left-wing National Progressive Unionist Party), along with 208 independents. This electoral experiment would lead, in 1979, to Egypt's first multi-party elections since 1952.
Two candidates were elected from each of the 175 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).[1] Following the election, a further ten members were appointed by the President.
The result was a victory for the Arab Socialist Organisation, which won 295 of the 360 seats. Voter turnout was just 39.77%.[1]
1976, egyptian, parliamentary, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, egypt, october, 1976, with, second, round, four, constituencies, november, while, arab, socialist, union, remained, sole, legal, party, country, previous, elections, these, election. Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 28 October 1976 with a second round in four constituencies on 4 November While the Arab Socialist Union remained the sole legal party in the country as in previous elections these elections were unique in having three distinct political factions of the party compete against each other the right wing Socialist Liberal Organisation the centrist Arab Socialist Organisation and the left wing National Progressive Unionist Party along with 208 independents This electoral experiment would lead in 1979 to Egypt s first multi party elections since 1952 1976 Egyptian parliamentary election 1971 28 October 1976 first round 4 November 1976 second round 1979 First party Second party Third party Leader Mamdouh Salem Mustafa Kamel Murad Khaled MohieddinParty Arab Socialist Liberal Socialist TagammuSeats won 295 15 3Prime Minister before electionMamdouh SalemASU Subsequent Prime Minister Mamdouh SalemArab Socialist OrganisationTwo candidates were elected from each of the 175 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 1 Following the election a further ten members were appointed by the President The result was a victory for the Arab Socialist Organisation which won 295 of the 360 seats Voter turnout was just 39 77 1 Results EditPartyVotes SeatsArab Socialist Organisation295Liberal Socialist Organisation15National Progressive Unionist Organisation3Independents47Total360Total votes3 803 973 Registered voters turnout9 564 48239 77Source IPUReferences Edit a b Egypt Inter Parliamentary Union This Egyptian elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 Egyptian parliamentary election amp oldid 1146896588, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
