Political Parties and Elections
According to the Egyptian Constitution, political parties are allowed to exist. Religious political parties are not allowed as it would not respect the principle of non-interference of religion in politics and that religion has to remain in the private sphere to respect all beliefs. Also forbidden are political parties supporting militia formations or having an agenda that is contradictory to the constitution and its principles, or threatening the country's stability such as national unity between Muslim Egyptians and Christian Egyptians.
As of 2012, there are more than 40 registered political parties in Egypt. The largest are Freedom and Justice Party, al-Nour Party, New Wafd Party, Free Egyptians Party, Justice Party, Wasat Party, Egyptian Social Democratic Party, and Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution.
| Party | Ideology | Votes | Vote % | PR Seats | FPTP Seats | Total Seats | Component Parties | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Alliance for Egypt |
Islamist - Muslim Brotherhood |
10,138,134 | 37.5 | 127 | 108 | 235 | ||
| Islamist Bloc |
Islamist - Salafi | 7,534,266 | 27.8 | 96 | 25 or 27 |
121 or 123 |
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| New Wafd Party | National liberal | 2,480,391 | 9.2 | 37 | 4 | 41 | ||
| Egyptian Bloc | Social liberal | 2,402,238 | 8.9 | 33 | 2 or 1 |
35 or 34 |
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| Al-Wasat Party | Moderate Islamist | 989,003 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| The Revolution Continues Alliance | Leftist | 745,863 | 2.8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Reform and Development Party | Liberal | 604,415 | 2.2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Freedom Party | NDP offshoot | 514,029 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| National Party of Egypt | NDP offshoot | 425,021 | 1.6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Egyptian Citizen Party | NDP offshoot | 235,395 | 0.9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Union Party | NDP offshoot | 141,382 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Conservative Party | NDP offshoot | 272,910 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Democratic Peace Party | NDP offshoot | 248,281 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Justice Party | Center | 184,553 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Arab Egyptian Unity Party | NDP offshoot | 149,253 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nasserist Party | Nasserist | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Independents | Independents | - | - | - | 21 | 21 | ||
| Total elected | elected MPs | 27,065,135 | 100.00 | 332 | 166 | 498 | ||
| SCAF appointees | non-elected MPs | - | - | - | - | 10 | ||
| Total | MPs | - | - | - | - | 508 |
| Candidates | Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Mohamed Morsi | Freedom and Justice Party | 5,764,952 | 24.78% | 13,230,131 | 51.73% | |
| Ahmed Shafik | Independent | 5,505,327 | 23.66% | 12,347,380 | 48.27% | |
| Hamdeen Sabahi | Dignity Party | 4,820,273 | 20.72% | |||
| Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh | Independent | 4,065,239 | 17.47% | |||
| Amr Moussa | Independent | 2,588,850 | 11.13% | |||
| Mohammad Salim Al-Awa | Independent | 235,374 | 1.01% | |||
| Khaled Ali | Independent | 134,056 | 0.58% | |||
| Abu Al-Izz Al-Hariri | Socialist Popular Alliance Party | 40,090 | 0.17% | |||
| Hisham Bastawisy | National Progressive Unionist Party | 29,189 | 0.13% | |||
| Mahmoud Houssam | Independent | 23,992 | 0.10% | |||
| Mohammad Fawzi Issa | Democratic Generation Party | 23,889 | 0.10% | |||
| Houssam Khairallah | Democratic Peace Party | 22,036 | 0.09% | |||
| Abdulla Alashaal | Authenticity Party | 12,249 | 0.05% | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,265,516 | 98.28% | 25,577,511 | 96.81% | ||
| Invalid votes | 406,720 | 1.72% | 843,252 | 3.19% | ||
| Turnout | 23,672,236 | 46.42% | 26,420,763 | 51.85% | ||
| Abstentions | 27,324,510 | 53.58% | 24,538,031 | 48.15% | ||
| Registered voters | 50,996,746 | 50,958,794 | ||||
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| Party | Proportional representation | FPTP | Total seats |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Seats | |||
| Freedom and Justice Party | 2,894,922 | 45.04 | 56 | 49 | 105 | |
| Islamist Bloc | 1,840,014 | 28.63 | 38 | 7 | 45 | |
| New Wafd Party | 543,417 | 8.45 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |
| Egyptian Bloc | 348,957 | 5.43 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Freedom Party | 84,936 | 1.32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Democratic Peace Party | 95,273 | 1.48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Independents | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Presidential appointees | – | – | – | – | 90 | |
| Total | 6,427,666 | 100 | 120 | 60 | 270 | |
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