Democracy Ratings
| Freedom House 2018 |
Score: 6 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic) |
Freedom Status: Not Free |
|---|---|---|
| EIU Democracy Index 2017 |
Score: 3.36 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic) |
World Ranking: 130 |
| Polity IV 2016 |
Score: -4 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic) |
Category: Closed Anocracy |
Political System
| System of Government | Semi-Presidential system |
|---|---|
| Presidential Electoral System | Two-round system |
| Last Presidential Election | 2014 |
| Next Presidential Election | 2018 |
| Presidential Term Limits | Two, four-year terms |
| System of Appointment to Legislature |
420 through individual candidacy system 120 through winner takes all party lists 27 appointed by the president |
| Last Legislative Election |
2015 |
| Next Legislative Election |
2020 |
| Number of Seats in Legislature | 567 |
| Female quota, representation in lower house | Yes: legislated candidate quotas |
Results
| Last presidential election (2014) | ||
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
| 1st round | 2nd round not needed | |
| Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | 96.91% | |
| Hamdeen Sabahi | 3.09% | |
| Last legislative election (2015) | ||
| Party | Votes (%) | Seats |
| Free Egyptians Party | 56.63 | 41 |
| Nation’s Future Party | 51.68 | 26 |
| New Wafd Party | 27.27 | 16 |
| Republican People’s Party | 33.33 | 11 |
| Al-Nour Party | 25.27 | 8 |
| Homeland Defenders Party | 9.8 | 7 |
| Conference Party | 13.2 | 5 |
| Egyptian Social Democratic Party | 12.19 | 3 |
| Modern Egypt Party | 8 | 2 |
| Conservative | 4.28 | 1 |
| Democratic Peace Party | 14.03 | 1 |
| Egyptian Patriotic Movement | 6.66 | 1 |
| Free Egyptian Building Party | 9.09 | 1 |
| Freedom Party | 50 | 1 |
| My Homeland Egypt Party | 15 | 1 |
| Leader Party | 11.11 | 0 |
Egypt on DiA
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