At Stake in this Election:  

• 568 of the 596 seats in the Egyptian House of Representatives 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: Abdel Fattah AL SISI (since 08 Jun 2014) 

• Head of Government: Moustafa Kamal MADBOULY (since 14 Jun 2018)  

• Assembly: bicameral Parliament with 300 seat Senate (Majlis Al-Shiyoukh) and 596 seat House of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nuwab)  

Electoral System:  

• The President is elected by majority vote in up to two rounds to a once consecutively renewable 6-year term.  

• The Prime Minister is nominated by the President and approved by the House of Representatives.  

• 200 of the 300 members in the Senate are directly elected, 100 being elected by closed party list and the remaining 100 through majority vote in two rounds in 27 constituencies. The final 100 members are appointed by the President.   

• 568 of 596 members in the House of Representatives are directly elected, 284 being elected by proportional representation in four constituencies and the remaining 284 through majority vote in two rounds in 142 constituencies. The President appoints additional members. 

Last Election:  

In the last election in 2020, the Nation’s Future Party won 317 seats. Its allies in the Republican People’s Party, which finished second, claimed 49 seats. 

Information for Voters: 

لازم تعرف - للناخب - للمترشح - العملية الانتخابية / You Must Know: The Electoral Process for Voters and Candidates (in Arabic)  

Key Deadlines:  

• Candidate filing deadline: October 15, 2025  

• Voter registration deadline: Not Applicable. Voter registration is based on the civil registry. 

Phase 1:  

• Election day: November 10-11, 2025  

• Governates: Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, the New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, the Red Sea, Alexandria, Beheira, and Matrouh. 

Phase 2:  

• Election day: November 24-25 

• Governates: Cairo, Qalyoubia, Daqahlia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Kafr El Sehikh, Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai. 

Main Parties in this Election: 

• Future of the Nation  

• • Seats won or appointed in the last election: 317 seats out of 596 

• Republican People’s Party  

• • Seats won or appointed in the last election: 49 seats out of 596 

• New Wafd Party 

• • Seats won or appointed in the last election: 25 seats out of 596 

• Homeland Defenders Party 

• • Seats won or appointed in the last election: 23 seats out of 596 

• Reform and Development Party 

• • Seats won or appointed in the last election: 9 seats out of 596 

• Egyptian Conference Party 

• • Seats won or appointed in the last election: 8 seats out of 596 

• Egyptian Freedom Party 

• • Seats won or appointed in the last election: 7 seats out of 596 

• Egyptian Social Democratic Party 

• • Seats won or appointed in the last election: 7 seats out of 596 

• Tagammu 

• • Seats won or appointed in the last election: 6 seats out of 596 

The National Front Party, formed in 2024, will also run as part of the approved National List, as will the Will of the Generation Party, which failed to secure seats in the last House of Representatives elections. Some opposition parties, including the Al-Dostour and the Conservative Party, are also expected to run for independent seats. 

Country Context: 

• Population: 116,538,260 (2024 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 69,300,000 (2025 est.) 

• V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index Score: 0.186 (2024) 

• V-Dem Regimes of the World Classification: Electoral Autocracy (2024) 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.754, High (2023) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 57,698,113 (2024 est.)  

• CEDAW Status: Signed 16 Jul 1980, Ratified 18 Sep 1981  

• Gender Quota: Yes, at least 25% of seats are reserved for women.  

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 164 out of 596 (27.7%) in the House of Representatives 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 54.6, Very High (2023)  

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 04 Apr 2007, Ratified 14 Apr 2008  

• Projected population with a disability: 18,646,121 (2024 est.)  

IFES Resources: 

• ElectionJudgments: Yes, 5 judgements