Elections in Egypt

Elections in Egypt are held for the president and a bicameral legislature. The president of Egypt is elected for a six-year term by popular vote after draft amendments to the 2013 constitution altered the presidential term limits from the original four years to six years.^[1]

Suffrage is universal and compulsory for every Egyptian citizen over 18. Failure to vote can result in a fine or even imprisonment,^[2] but in practice, a significant percentage of eligible voters do not vote. About 63 million voters are registered to vote out of a population of more than 100 million.^[3] Turnout in the 2011 parliamentary election was 54%.^[4] Egypt was ranked 9th least electoral democracy in the Middle East and North Africa according to V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023 with a score of 0.175 out of 1.^[5]^[6]

^ Yeranian, Edward (14 February 2019). "Egypt's Parliament Moves to Extend Presidential Term Limits". VOA News. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ "Top stats for Egypt: Country profile". nationmaster.com.
^ "Egyptian elections preliminary results". jadaliyya.com.
^ "Muslim Brotherhood tops Egyptian poll result". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ V-Dem Institute (2023). "The V-Dem Dataset". Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^ Democracy Report 2023, Table 3, V-Dem Institute, 2023

[1] Yeranian, Edward (14 February 2019). "Egypt's Parliament Moves to Extend Presidential Term Limits". VOA News. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[2] "Top stats for Egypt: Country profile". nationmaster.com.

[jadaliyyaElectionResults-3] "Egyptian elections preliminary results". jadaliyya.com.

[4] "Muslim Brotherhood tops Egyptian poll result". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

[vdem_dataset-5] V-Dem Institute (2023). "The V-Dem Dataset". Retrieved 14 October 2023.

[vdem_report-6] Democracy Report 2023, Table 3, V-Dem Institute, 2023

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