Final results for Egypt's parliamentary elections
Issandr El AmraniFrom the Beltone newsletter:
Freedom and Justice Party wins 47.2% of lower house parliamentary seats, followed by Al Nour party winning 24.7% of seats
Freedom and Justice Party wins 47.2% of lower house parliamentary seats, followed by Al Nour party winning 24.7% of seats, Al Ahram reported citing the Head of Egypt’s Higher Elections Council, who announced yesterday the final results for the lower house parliamentary elections. The first session will convene tomorrow led by Dr. Mahmoud El Sakka as the most senior MP, whereby the speaker of parliament and two deputies will be chosen tomorrow. A total of 15 political parties are represented in this parliament of 498 elected seats, while 21 parties were eliminated from party list seats because they did not attain the 0.5% of total votes on the national level. Ten Members of Parliament (MPs) were directly appointed by Head of SCAF Tantawi, who will not be attending the opening session. On the other hand PM Ganzouri will attend. Below are the number of seats won by each of the 15 political parties.
1. Freedom and Justice Party won 127 party list seats and 108 individual seats, representing 47.2% of total parliamentary seats
2. Al Nour Party won 96 party list seats and 27 individual seats, representing 24.7% of total parliamentary seats
3. Wafd won 36 party list seats and two individual seats, representing 7.6% of total parliamentary seats
4. Egyptian Bloc won 33 party list seats and one individual seat, representing 6.8% of total parliamentary seats
5. Al Wasat Al Gadeed won 10 party list seats, representing 2% of total parliamentary seats
6. Reform and Development won 8 party list seats and one individual seat, representing 1.8% of total parliamentary seats
7. Revolution Continues won 7 party list seat, representing 1.4% of total parliamentary seats
8. Masr Al Qawmy won 4 party list seat and one individual, representing 1% of total parliamentary seats
9. Al Hurreya won 4 party list seats, representing 0.8% of total parliamentary seats
10. Egyptian Citizen won 3 party list seat and one individual seat, representing 0.8% of total parliamentary seats
11. Al Itihad won two party list seats, representing 0.4% of total parliamentary seats
12. Arab Egyptian Union won one party list seat, representing 0.2% of total parliamentary seats
13. Democratic Peace won one party list seat, representing 0.2% of total parliamentary seats
14. Conservative Party won one individual seat, representing 0.2% of total parliamentary seats
15. Al Adl won one individual seat, representing 0.2% of total parliamentary seats
By my tally that doesn't quite add up to the right number, but you get the jist. I put these up because I don't see the results elsewhere in English.
Reader Comments (8)
> while 21 parties were eliminated from party list seats because they did not attain the 0.5% of total votes on the national level.
Would any of those 21 have won a seat?
If yes, where?
And who got their seats instead?
(I tried to track the results for this, and I think the first answer is "yes, but only two or three seats were affected in total."
>Ten Members of Parliament (MPs) were directly appointed by Head of SCAF Tantawi, who will not be attending the opening session. On the other hand PM Ganzouri will attend.
Ok, I've been waiting for this one.
Does anyone have a list of who was appointed by Tantawi?
Also, did he give any justification for his selection?
Cheers,
Moritz
"The ten non-elected members of the upcoming People's Assembly are: Tarek Makram Shaker, Yasser Salah Abdel Megid, Abdullah Mohamed El-Mogazi, Abdullah Selim Gahama, George Nagi Mesiha, Sherif Mohamed Abdel Hamid, Omar Saber Abdel Gelil, Suzie Adly Nashed, Bryan Malak Kamal and Hana Girgis Gris."
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/33/32298/Elections-/Tantawi-names-his--nonelected-parliamentarians.aspx
Moritz, I think these results already account for those parties' elimination – their seat would have been given to the party with the next largest remainder, provided it too met the national threshold and accounting for the worker/professional balance requirement.
Al Adl party was eliminated, such a shame.
one party seat was disqualified due to the 0.5%. the "new independents" party lost its PR seat in Sharqiyya. Al-Adl didn't win any PR seats in the first place
@Houssam You are right, al-Adl had no PR seats. Nevertheless their candidates seem to be considered as independents now. This might have a certain impact once the parliamentary procedures actually function. Eg. in Germany if you are voted directly into parliament, but are considered as an independent, you cannot be elected into parliamentary commissions. I am not saying this specifically will happen in Egypt, but it could very well be that there will be some sort of differences for those members who are independents compared to others who are part of a party.
So does anyone have any information on why everybody is talking about the percentages and seats won by the Freedom and Justice Party, instead of the Democratic Alliance? The two figures should differ quite significantly, shouldn't they?
@Egyptialise Me:
Because the Democratic Alliance electoral lists were called "Freedom and Justice List".
Which tells a lot about the balance of power inside the alliance. Media reporting of non-FJP DA MPs vary, but the most optimist I found puts them at 22 MPs, which is 4% of the parliament.
It wouldn't affect the FJP percentage by much
@Moritz: good point, it may be the case; although I am not aware of any distinction between the different kinds of seats or being indep or not.