1984 Egyptian parliamentary election

1984 Egyptian parliamentary election

27 May 1984
All 458 seats to the People's Assembly of Egypt 230 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin Fouad Serageddin Party NDP New Wafd Seats won 390 58 Popular vote 3,756,359 778,131 Percentage 72.9% 15.1%
Prime Minister before election Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin National Democratic Party Subsequent Prime Minister Kamal Hassan Ali Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 27 May 1984. Since the last election in 1979, changes had been made to the electoral system. The 176 two-member constituencies were replaced by 48 multi-member constituencies (totalling 448 seats), with candidates elected on a party list system, with a party needing over 8% of the vote to win a seat.

The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party, which won 390 of the 448 seats. The only other party to win seats was the New Wafd Party. Following the election, President Hosni Mubarak appointed a further 10 members to the Assembly; one from the NDP, four from the Socialist Labour Party, one from the National Progressive Unionist Party and four Copts. Voter turnout was 43.1%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
National Democratic Party	3,756,359	72.9	390	+43
New Wafd Party	778,131	15.1	58	New
Socialist Labour Party	364,040	7.1	0	–30
National Progressive Unionist Party	214,587	4.2	0	New
Socialist Liberal Party	33,448	0.7	0	–2
Presidential appointees	–	–	10	0
Invalid/blank votes	176,521	–	–	–
Total	5,323,086	100	458	+66
Registered voters/turnout	12,339,417	43.1	–	–
Source: IPU