Parliament of Egypt

Parliament of Egypt
Type
Type
HousesSenate
House of Representatives
Structure
Seats596 Members of the Egyptian House of Representatives (First Chamber of Parliament)[1]
300 Members of the Egyptian Senate (Second Chamber of Parliament)[2]
Political groups
Confidence and supply (434)

Opposition (38)

Unafilliated (124)

Political groups
Confidence and supply (197)

Opposition (15)

Unafilliated (88)

  •   Independents: 88 seats
Elections
Last election
2020 Egyptian parliamentary election
Last election
2020 Egyptian Senate election
Next election
2025 Egyptian parliamentary election
Next election
2025 Egyptian Senate election
Meeting place
People's Assembly chamber of the Egyptian Parliament building, Cairo, Egypt
Website
http://www.parliament.gov.eg

30°02′25″N 31°14′12″E / 30.040196895446748°N 31.236757858462262°E / 30.040196895446748; 31.236757858462262 The Parliament of Egypt is the bicameral legislature of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It is composed of an upper house (the Senate) and a lower house (the House of Representatives).[3]

The Parliament is located in Cairo, Egypt's capital. Under the country's 2014 constitution, as the legislative branch of the Egyptian state the Parliament enacted laws, approved the general policy of the State, the general plan for economic and social development and the general budget of the State, supervised the work of the government, and had the power to vote to impeach the president of the Republic, or replace the government and its prime minister by a vote of no-confidence.

The parliament is made up of 596 seats, with 448 seats elected through the individual candidacy system, 120 elected through winner-take-all party lists (with quotas for youth, women, Christians, and workers) and 28 selected by the president.[4] It is the fifth-largest legislative chamber in the world behind China's National People's Congress and the largest parliamentary body in the Arab world.

  1. ^ "President Mansour signs into law parliamentary elections legislation". Ahram Online. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ^ "انتخابات مجلس الشيوخ.. متى ظهرت الغرفة الثانية للبرلمان لأول مرة فى مصر؟". Youm7. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Sisi thanks Egyptians for their 'dazzling' participation in constitutional referendum". Ahram Online. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Egypt election committee to announce date for parliamentary poll Sunday". Ahram Online. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.