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Egypt
Politics is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ...



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Egypt
The coat of arms of Egypt. ... // Constitution Main Article: History of the Egyptian Constitution The Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt was approved by referendum in 1970 and amended in 1980 and 2005. ...

Constitution

President: Hosni Mubarak
Prime Minister: Ahmed Nazif
Cabinet
The President of the Arab republic of Egypt is the elected Head of State of Egypt. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... List of Heads of Government of Egypt List of Heads of Government of Southern Region of Egypt Affiliations:- See also:- Egypt Rulers and Heads of State of Egypt Colonial Heads of Egypt Lists of Incumbents Categories: Egypt ... Dr. Ahmed Nazif (Arabic: أحمد نظيف ; born 1952) has served as the Prime Minister of Egypt since 14 July 2004. ... The Cabinet of Egypt (Arabic: Al-Hokouma Al-Misreya) is the chief executive body of the Arabic Republic of Egypt. ...

Parliament of Egypt
- People's Assembly
- Shura Council
The Parliament of Egypt is a bicameral legislature. ... The Peoples Assembly (Arabic: Majilis Al-Sha’ab مجلس الشعب) is the lower house of Egypts bicameral parliament. ... The Shura Council (Arabic: Majilis Al-Shura مجلس الشورى) is the upper house of Egyptian bicameral parliament. ...

Supreme Constitutional Court
Courts
The Supreme Constitutional Court is an independent judiciary body in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with its new seat in the Cairo suburban, Maadi. ... The Egyptian Judicial System (or judicial branch) in Egypt, is an independent branch of the government which includes both secular and religious courts. ...

Elections
President: 2005
Parlimentary Elections:2005
The Egyptian presidential election of 2005, held on September 7, 2005, was the first contested presidential election in Egypts history. ... The Egyptian parliamentary elections of 2005 was the scheduled three-stage elections for determining its lower house membership. ...

Political parties
Former political parties
Political parties in Egypt lists political parties in this country. ... Political Parties has existed in Egypt approximately during the late 19th century. ...

Egypt elects on national level a head of state – a president – and a bicameral legislature. Queen Elizabeth II, is the Head of State in many Commonwealth countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand, the Bahamas and many more, as well as crown colonies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... In government, bicameralism (bi + Latin camera, chamber) is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ...


The President of the Republic is elected for a six-year term by popular vote. This election mechanism has been in place since a May 2005 amendment to the Egyptian Constitution. Previously, the president was nominated by the People's Assembly and the nomination was confirmed by popular referendum. The President of the Arab republic of Egypt is the elected Head of State of Egypt. ...


Suffrage is universal and compulsory for every Egyptian citizen over 18. Failure to vote can result in fine or even imprisonment.[1] However, perhaps due to lax enforcement[2], only about 32 million voters are registered (approximately 40% of the total population). Turnout in 1999 was estimated at around 10%.[3]


The People's Assembly (Majlis al-Sha'ab, lower house) has 454 members, 444 members elected for a five-year term (400 by proportional representation and 44 in single-seat constituencies) and 10 members nominated. Peoples Assembly could refer to various legislative bodies Albania - Peoples Assembly Algeria - National Peoples Assembly Burma - Peoples Assembly Egypt - Peoples Assembly of Egypt North Korea - Supreme Peoples Assembly This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Proportional representation (PR) is a (by necessity multi-winner) electoral system whose use tends to make elections result in groups of votes being represented in proportional fractions in some body of representatives, i. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ...


The Shura Council (Majilis Al-Shura, upper house) has 264 members. Of these, 174 members are directly elected and the remaining 88 are appointed by the President. Council members serve six-year terms, with one half of their number being renewed every third year. The Shura Council (Arabic: Majilis Al-Shura مجلس الشورى) is the upper house of Egyptian bicameral parliament. ...


Egypt is a one party dominant state with the National Democratic Party in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but have yet to gain any real power. A dominant-party system is a party system where only one political party can realistically become the government, by itself or in a coalition government, because all other parties are too weak. ... The National Democratic Party could refer to Mongolian National Democratic Party National Democratic Party (Barbados) National Democratic Party (Djibouti) National Democratic Party (Egypt) National Democratic Party (Georgia) National Democratic Party (Germany) National Democratic Party (Iraq) National Democratic Party (Poland) National Democratic Party (Suriname) National Democratic Party (UK) National Democratic Party... This politics-related article is a stub. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ...

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2005 elections

Summary of the 7 September 2005 Egyptian presidential election results
Candidates, Nominating parties Votes %
Hosni Mubarak, National Democratic Party (Al'Hizb Al Watani Al Democrati) 6,316,714 88.6
Ayman Nour, Tomorrow Party (Hizb al-Ghad) 540,405 7.3
Numan Gomaa, New Wafd Party (Hizb al-Wafd-al-Jadid) 201,891 2.8
Total (Turnout 22.9 %) 7,059,010
Main article: Egyptian presidential election, 2005
Summary of the 7 November to 9 December 2005 People's Assembly of Egypt election results
Parties Votes % Seats Gains Losses Net
Gain/Loss
Seats
%
National Democratic Party (Al'Hizb Al Watani Al Democrati)   311 0 -93 -93 68.5
New Wafd Party (Hizb al-Wafd-al-Jadid)   6 0 0 0 1.3
Progressive National Unionist Party (Hizb al Tagammo' al Watani al Taqadommi al Wahdwawi)   2 0 -3 -3 0.4
Tomorrow Party (Hizb al-Ghad)   1 0 -1 -1 0.2
Independents (Muslim Brotherhood - al-ikhwān al-muslimūn)   88 71 0 +71 19.4
Independents   24 0 -3 -3 4.6
Still in contest   12
Non-Elected members 10 0 0 0 2.2
Arab Democratic Nasserist Party or Nasserist Party   0 0 -1 -1 0
Liberal Party (Hizb al-Ahrar)   0 0 -1 -1
Total (turnout %)   454
Main article: Egyptian parliamentary election, 2005

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The National Democratic Party (Al-Hizb Al-Watany Al-Demoqraty) was established in 1978 by late president Anwar Sadat who headed the party till 1981. ... Ayman Abd El-Aziz Nour (Arabic: ) is an Egyptian politician, a former member of that countrys Parliament and chairman of the al-Ghad party (Tomorrow Party). He became famous around the world following his January 2005 imprisonment by the government of President Hosni Mubarak, which was widely understood as... The Tomorrow Party (Hizb al-Ghad) is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. ... Numan Gumaa, 70, works as an attorney in Cairo and is chairman of the liberal Wafd Party, founded in 1919 and Egypts oldest political party. ... The New Wafd Party (New Delegation Party; Arabic: Hizb al-Wafd-al-Jadid حزب الوفد الجديد) is a nationalist liberal party in Egypt. ... The Egyptian presidential election of 2005, held on September 7, 2005, was the first contested presidential election in Egypts history. ... The Peoples Assembly (Arabic: Majilis Al-Sha’ab مجلس الشعب) is the lower house of Egypts bicameral parliament. ... The National Democratic Party (Al-Hizb Al-Watany Al-Demoqraty) was established in 1978 by late president Anwar Sadat who headed the party till 1981. ... The New Wafd Party (New Delegation Party; Arabic: Hizb al-Wafd-al-Jadid حزب الوفد الجديد) is a nationalist liberal party in Egypt. ... The Progressive National Unionist Party (Hizb al Tajamaa al Wataniyah al Tagadamm al Wahdwa) is a political party in Egypt. ... The Tomorrow Party (Hizb al-Ghad) is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. ... The Muslim Brotherhood or The Muslim Brothers (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون al-ikhwān al-muslimūn, full title جماعة الإخوان المسلمين jamāat al-ikhwān al-muslimīn, The Society of the Muslim Brothers, often simply الإخوان al-ikhwān, the Brotherhood) is the name of several Islamist organizations in the Middle East. ... The Nasserist Party is a political party in Egypt. ... The Nasserist Party is a political party in Egypt. ... The Liberal Party or Hizb al-Ahrar is a political party in Egypt. ... The Egyptian parliamentary elections of 2005 was the scheduled three-stage elections for determining its lower house membership. ...

Next election

  • Egyptian parliamentary election, 2010
  • Egyptian presidential election, 2011

Last elections

The Egyptian presidential election of 2005, held on September 7, 2005, was the first contested presidential election in Egypts history. ... The Egyptian parliamentary elections of 2005 was the scheduled three-stage elections for determining its lower house membership. ...

See also

This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the countries listed in the list of countries. ...

External links

  • Electionworld
  • Adam Carr's Election Archive


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  Results from FactBites:
 
UNDP-POGAR: Programme on Governance in the Arab Region: Elections (1874 words)
The executive branch of Egypt is headed by an elected president, and the Egyptian parliament gave its final approval on June 16, 2005 of the new presidential elections law.
The most recent presidential elections held on September 7, 2005, however, were conducted according to the amended article 76 of the constitution stipulating that the president is to be elected by direct public contested elections, rather than by referendum after being nominated by the People's Assembly as in the past.
Egypt's Judges Club issued a statement on December 2 affirming that the executive authorities did not enable them to have full supervision over the electoral process because the police besieged many polling stations and blocked voters from casting their votes.
Elections in Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (383 words)
Egypt elects on national level a head of state – a president – and a bicameral legislature.
Egypt is a one party dominant state with the National Democratic Party in power.
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