# 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 24–25 October and 7–8 November 2020 to elect the House of Representatives. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Nation's Future Party, winning 316 of the 596 seats.

## Date

The elections were initially expected to be held in April or May 2020. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered parliament to freeze its activities on 1 October 2019 and placed the National Security Agency (NSA) in charge of creating lists of candidates as the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) had not satisfactorily selected candidates in the previous election. The For the Love of Egypt list was closely associated with the GID.
| Date | Phase | Eligible voters |
| 21–23 October | Round 1 of the first phase for citizens abroad | Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Matruh, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and Red Sea citizens who reside abroad |
| 24–25 October | Round 1 of the first phase for citizens in Egypt | Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Matruh, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and Red Sea citizens |
| 4–6 November | Round 1 of the second phase for citizens abroad | Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Sharqia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai citizens who reside abroad |
| 7–8 November | Round 1 of the second phase for citizens in Egypt | Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Sharqia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai citizens |
| 21–23 November | Round 2 of the first phase for citizens abroad | Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Matruh, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and Red Sea citizens who reside abroad |
| 23–24 November | Round 2 of the first phase for citizens in Egypt | Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Matruh, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and Red Sea citizens |
| 4–6 December | Round 2 of the second phase for citizens abroad | Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Sharqia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai citizens who reside abroad |
| 7–8 December | Round 2 of the second phase for citizens in Egypt | Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Sharqia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai citizens |
The final results will be announced by the National Elections Authority on 14 December 2020.

## Electoral system

A total of 568 seats will be elected in a form of parallel voting; 284 of them will be elected using a two-round system in 142 constituencies and the other 284 will be elected using party lists in four constituencies.

### PR Constituencies

| # | Constituency name | No. of seats | Governorates | Election date |
| 1 | Cairo, Central and Southern Delta | 100 | Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Gharbiya, Kafr El Sheikh | 7–8 November |
| 2 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 100 | Giza, Faiyum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Red Sea | 24–25 October |
| 3 | Western Delta | 42 | Alexandria, Beheira, Matruh | 24–25 October |
| 4 | Eastern Delta | 42 | Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, South Sinai | 7–8 November |

### TR Constituencies

| # | Name | No. of constituencies | No. of TR seats | PR constituency | Election date |
| 1 | Cairo | 19 | 31 | Cairo, Central and Southern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 2 | Giza | 12 | 25 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 3 | Dakahlia | 10 | 21 | Cairo, Central and Southern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 4 | Sharqia | 8 | 21 | Eastern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 5 | Beheira | 9 | 18 | Western Delta | 24–25 October |
| 6 | Alexandria | 6 | 16 | Western Delta | 24–25 October |
| 7 | Qalyubia | 6 | 16 | Cairo, Central and Southern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 8 | Minya | 6 | 16 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 9 | Sohag | 8 | 14 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 10 | Gharbia | 7 | 14 | Cairo, Central and Southern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 11 | Asyut | 4 | 12 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 12 | Monufia | 6 | 11 | Cairo, Central and Southern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 13 | Kafr El Sheikh | 4 | 10 | Cairo, Central and Southern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 14 | Faiyum | 4 | 10 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 15 | Qena | 4 | 9 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 16 | Beni Suef | 4 | 8 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 17 | Aswan | 4 | 5 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 18 | Ismailia | 3 | 5 | Eastern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 19 | Damietta | 2 | 4 | Eastern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 20 | Luxor | 3 | 3 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 21 | Red Sea | 3 | 3 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 22 | New Valley | 2 | 2 | Northern, Central and Southern Upper Egypt | 24–25 October |
| 23 | Matruh | 2 | 2 | Western Delta | 24–25 October |
| 24 | Port Said | 2 | 2 | Eastern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 25 | North Sinai | 2 | 2 | Eastern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 26 | South Sinai | 2 | 2 | Eastern Delta | 7–8 November |
| 27 | Suez | 2 | 2 | Eastern Delta | 7–8 November |
| | Total | 143 | 284 | | |

## Parties

One alliance that will contest the election, called the National Unified Coalition, includes the Nation's Future Party, New Wafd Party, the Homeland Defenders Party, Modern Egypt Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, the Republican People's Party, the Reform and Development Misruna Party, Tagammu, the Generation's Will, the Egyptian Freedom, the Justice, and the Congress Party parties. Other lists include the Call of Egypt and the Sons of Egypt.
Many different figures, including Zyad Elelaimy, Hisham Fouad, Omar El-Shenety and Hossam Moanis, were arrested on 25 June 2019 on charges of "bringing down the state"; however, the people involved were part of an alliance called the Coalition of Hope that was considering contesting the parliamentary election. Other organizations involved in the alliance included the Civil Democratic Movement. One source indicated that the reason for the arrests was the unwillingness of the alliance to cooperate with the NSA. They were subsequently convicted in 2021 and given prison sentences.

## Process
### First Phase
#### Number of seats for women

and political parties they belong to in the 1st phase of the House of Representatives elections in Egypt; detailed in diagram: