Country: | Egypt |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1979 Egyptian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1979 |
Next Election: | 1987 Egyptian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1987 |
Election Date: | 27 May 1984 |
Seats For Election: | All 458 seats in the People's Assembly of Egypt 230 seats were needed for a majority |
Leader1: | Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin |
Party1: | National Democratic Party (Egypt) |
Seats1: | 390 |
Popular Vote1: | 3,756,359 |
Percentage1: | 72.99% |
Leader2: | Fouad Serageddin |
Party2: | New Wafd Party |
Seats2: | 58 |
Popular Vote2: | 778,131 |
Percentage2: | 15.12% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Prime Minister |
Before Election: | Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin |
After Election: | Kamal Hassan Ali |
Before Party: | National Democratic Party (Egypt) |
After Party: | Independent politician |
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 27 May 1984. Since the last election in 1979, changes had been made to the electoral system. The 176 two-member constituencies were replaced by 48 multi-member constituencies (totalling 448 seats), with candidates elected on a party list system, with a party needing over 8% of the vote to win a seat.[1]
The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party, which won 390 of the 448 seats. The only other party to win seats was the New Wafd Party. Following the election, President Hosni Mubarak appointed a further 10 members to the Assembly; one from the NDP, four from the Socialist Labour Party, one from the National Progressive Unionist Party and four Copts. Voter turnout was 43.1%.[1]