Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012

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The Egyptian parliamentary elections of 2011–2012 were the first post-revolution legislative polls that reshaped Egypt’s political landscape after the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election
parliamentary election
affectedBy constitutional declaration of March 2011
appointedSeats 10
appointingAuthorityForReservedSeats head of state of Egypt
country Egypt
dissolutionReason unconstitutionality of electoral law provisions
electorateType universal adult suffrage
endDate 2012-01-11
firstRoundEndDate 2011-11-29
firstRoundStartDate 2011-11-28
followedBy Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015
follows Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Egyptian parliamentary election, 2010
forChamber Parliament of Egypt
surface form: People's Assembly of Egypt
historicalSignificance first parliamentary elections after the 2011 Egyptian revolution
first relatively competitive legislative elections in modern Egyptian history
individualSeats 166
languageOfBallots Arabic
legalFramework interim constitutional arrangements under military rule
location Egypt
surface form: Arab Republic of Egypt
mainWinner Freedom and Justice Party
mainWinnerIdeology Islamist
monitoredBy domestic observers
international observers
numberOfRounds 3
organizedBy Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
oversightBody High Judicial Elections Commission
parliamentDissolutionDate 2012-06-14
parliamentDissolvedBy Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
partOf Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)
surface form: Egyptian transition process 2011–2013
partyListSeats 332
postRevolution Egyptian Revolution of 2011
surface form: Egyptian revolution of 2011
reasonForElection ouster of President Hosni Mubarak
resultedIn Islamist-dominated parliament
secondLargestParty Salafi al-Nour Party
surface form: Al-Nour Party
secondLargestPartyIdeology Salafist
secondRoundEndDate 2011-12-15
secondRoundStartDate 2011-12-14
startDate 2011-11-28
thirdLargestAlliance Egyptian Bloc
thirdLargestAllianceIdeology liberal
thirdRoundEndDate 2012-01-04
thirdRoundStartDate 2012-01-03
totalSeatsContested 498
voterTurnoutApproximate 62%
votingSystem mixed electoral system
votingSystemComponent individual candidate seats
party-list proportional representation

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Egyptian Revolution of 2011 followedBy Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012
National Democratic Party (Egypt) participatedIn Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012
this entity surface form: Egyptian parliamentary elections
January 25 Uprising aftermath Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012
this entity surface form: 2011 Egyptian parliamentary election
Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2011 precedes Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012
this entity surface form: Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–2012
Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012 follows Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Egyptian parliamentary election, 2010
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces oversaw Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012
this entity surface form: 2011–2012 Egyptian parliamentary elections
Freedom and Justice Party participatedInEvent Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012
this entity surface form: 2011–2012 Egyptian parliamentary elections