Egyptian Shura Council election, 2007
Encyclopedia
Elections for the Shura Council
, the upper house of the Egyptian parliament
, was held in Egypt
on 11 June 2007 and 18 June 2007. From a total of 264 seats 88 are up for election every three years, another 44 are appointed by the president
.
There were 587 candidates competing for the 88 seats in 24 provinces. The main parties running were the National Democratic Party
(109 candidates) and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (whose 19 candidates were standing as independents, President Mubarak
having had failed in an attempt to disqualify 17 of them). The elections were being boycotted by the New Wafd Party
and the Nasserist Party
.
Egyptian media reported that 11 of the 88 seats were won uncontested by the National Democratic Party. In total, the NDP won 70 seats in the first round of the election, while one seat went to an independent and one to the National Progressive Unionist Party
(commonly known as "Tagammu"). Turnout was reportedly 23 per cent. Of the 16 seats determined in the second round, the NDP won 14 while independents won another two, resulting in a total of 84 for the NDP, three for independents and one for Tagammu.http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813073931&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Violence on election day led to the death of a supporter of an independent candidate in Sharqia province after fighting with supporters of the NDP.
Shura Council
The Shura Council is the upper house of Egyptian bicameral Parliament. Its name roughly translates into English as "the Consultative Council". The lower house of parliament is the People's Assembly....
, the upper house of the Egyptian parliament
Parliament of Egypt
The Parliament of Egypt is the currently dissolved bicameral legislature of Egypt. The Parliament is located in Cairo, Egypt's capital. As the legislative branch of the Egyptian government, the Parliament enacts laws, approves the general policy of the State, the general plan for economic and...
, was held in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
on 11 June 2007 and 18 June 2007. From a total of 264 seats 88 are up for election every three years, another 44 are appointed by the president
President of Egypt
The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the head of state of Egypt.Under the Constitution of Egypt, the president is also the supreme commander of the armed forces and head of the executive branch of the Egyptian government....
.
There were 587 candidates competing for the 88 seats in 24 provinces. The main parties running were the National Democratic Party
National Democratic Party (Egypt)
The National Democratic Party , often simply called Al-Ḥizb al-Waṭaniy – the "National Party", was an Egyptian political party. It was founded by President Anwar El Sadat in 1978....
(109 candidates) and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (whose 19 candidates were standing as independents, President Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak is a former Egyptian politician and military commander. He served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011....
having had failed in an attempt to disqualify 17 of them). The elections were being boycotted by the New Wafd Party
New Wafd Party
The New Wafd Party is a nationalist liberal party in Egypt.It is the extension of one of the oldest and historically most active political parties in Egypt, Wafd Party, which was dismantled after the 1952 Revolution. The New Wafd was re-established in 1983...
and the Nasserist Party
Nasserist Party
The Arab Democratic Nasserist Party is a Nasserist political party in Egypt, styling itself as the ideological successor of the old Arab Socialist Union party of Egypt's second president, Gamal Abdel Nasser....
.
Egyptian media reported that 11 of the 88 seats were won uncontested by the National Democratic Party. In total, the NDP won 70 seats in the first round of the election, while one seat went to an independent and one to the National Progressive Unionist Party
National Progressive Unionist Party
The National Progressive Unionist Party is a socialist political party in Egypt. The party is considered to be the defender of the principles of the 1952 Revolution...
(commonly known as "Tagammu"). Turnout was reportedly 23 per cent. Of the 16 seats determined in the second round, the NDP won 14 while independents won another two, resulting in a total of 84 for the NDP, three for independents and one for Tagammu.http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813073931&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Violence on election day led to the death of a supporter of an independent candidate in Sharqia province after fighting with supporters of the NDP.