2015 Egyptian parliamentary election

2015 Egyptian parliamentary election

← 2011–12 17 October – 2 December 2015 2020 →
568 of the 596 seats in the House of Representatives 299 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	28.27%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Essam Khalil Mohamed Badran El-Sayyid el-Badawi Party Free Egyptians Nation's Future New Wafd Alliance FLE FLE FLE Last election 15 – 38 Seats won 65 53 36 Seat change 50 New 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Galal Haridy Hazem Omar Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida Party Homeland Defenders Republican People's Congress Alliance FLE Egyptian Front FLE Last election – – – Seats won 18 13 12 Seat change New New New
Speaker of the House before election Vacant Elected Speaker of the House Ali Abdel Aal FLE

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Egyptian parliamentary elections to the House of Representatives were held in two phases, from 17 October to 2 December 2015.^[1] The elected parliament will be entrusted with the task of reviewing the laws that were passed while a parliament was not in session.^[2]

In preparation for the election, security was tightened across the country with at least 185,000 troops supporting police, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi made a televised appeal for Egyptians to vote, and in mid-October, public sector employees were given half a day's holiday to encourage them to take part. The strikingly low turnout, in some areas close to only 10%, with "many angry at the government and its policies", was widely regarded as a set-back for the administration and a success for calls to boycotts from oppositional movements.^[3]