2025 Egyptian Senate election
4–5 August 2025 (first round)
27–28 August 2025 (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
200 of the 300 seats in the Senate 101 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Senate elections were held in Egypt between 4 and 5 August 2025, with Egyptian expatriates voting between 1 and 2 August. Run-offs took place on 27–28 August.[1] Results were announced by the National Elections Authority (NEA) on 12 August 2025.[2]
Background
The election took place five years after the 2020 Egyptian Senate election, as required by the constitution. The Senate was re‑established following the 2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, replacing the Shura Council which was abolished in 2014.[3]
The poll was held amid economic challenges, including high inflation and currency devaluation, alongside continued restrictions on political opposition. Several opposition and independent groups alleged unequal campaigning conditions and chose not to field candidates.
Electoral system
The Senate has 300 members, of which 200 are elected and 100 appointed by the president.
Of the elected members:
- 100 are chosen from single‑member constituencies using a two-round system.
- 100 are elected via a closed‑list proportional system in four list constituencies, with a 5% vote threshold.
Candidates
The NEA confirmed on 18 July 2025 that 428 candidates would contest the single‑member seats, "including 186 independents" and 242 party members. The deadline for withdrawals is 20 July. For the party list seats, only one coalition, the National List for the Sake of Egypt, was confirmed to run.[4]
Conduct
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi cast his vote at a polling station in Heliopolis, Cairo.[5]
Results
Since the National List for the Sake of Egypt was unopposed in the list constituencies and surpassed the 5% vote threshold, the NEA awarded it all 100 list seats automatically. Five of the 100 constituency seats went to a second round.[6]
| Party or alliance | Proportional | Constituency (first round) | Constituency (second round) | Total seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| National List for the Sake of Egypt | Nation's Future Party | 11,490,263 | 98.03 | 44 | 58 | 2 | 104 | ||||||
| Homeland Defenders Party | 19 | 23 | 2 | 44 | |||||||||
| National Front Party | 12 | 9 | 1 | 22 | |||||||||
| Republican People's Party | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Egyptian Social Democratic Party | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Reform and Development Party | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Justice Party | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Egyptian Wafd Party | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| National Progressive Unionist Rally Party | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Eradat Geel Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Egyptian Freedom Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Egyptian Congress Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 100 | 95 | 5 | 200 | |||||||||
| Consciousness Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| New Independent Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al-Nour Party | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Against | 231,398 | 1.97 | – | – | |||||||||
| Appointed members | 100 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 11,721,661 | 100.00 | 100 | 95 | 5 | 300 | |||||||
| Valid votes | 11,721,661 | 98.95 | |||||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 124,572 | 1.05 | |||||||||||
| Total votes | 11,846,233 | 100.00 | |||||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 69,333,318 | 17.09 | |||||||||||
| Source: Ahram[7][8][9][10] | |||||||||||||
Aftermath
President el-Sisi appointed 100 members in October 2025.[11] The president retained nine of the senators who he had previously appointed in 2020.[12]
References
- ^ "Egypt holds run-off Senate vote in five governorates". State Information Service. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Egypt's election authority to announce Senate election results". State Information Service. 12 August 2025.
- ^ Gamal Essam El-Din (15 April 2019). "Frequently Asked Questions about parliament's proposed amendments of Egypt's 2014 constitution". Ahram Online. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Gamal Essam El-Din (19 July 2025). "Egypt's National Election Authority announces final list of candidates for 2025 Senate Elections". Ahram Online. Archived from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "President El-Sisi Votes in 2025 Senate Elections". Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt Website. 4 August 2025.
- ^ "Egypt 2025 Senate elections see 17 % voter turnout; runoffs set for 5 seats". Ahram Online. 12 August 2025.
- ^ Hussien Elkabany; Rania Abu Shamala (13 August 2025). "Runoffs set for 5 seats in Egyptian Senate elections with 17% voter turnout: National Election Authority". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "ننشر عدد مقاعد الأحزاب السياسية بمجلس الشيوخ بعد إعلان النتيجة: مستقبل وطن في المقدمة" (in Arabic). Dostor. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "3 أحزاب تهيمن على مقاعد مجلس الشيوخ 2025 وغياب تام للمستقلين" (in Arabic). Safha. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ Safaa Essam Eddin; Yousef Okail (14 August 2025). "Senate election results, a right-loyal stitch up". Al Manassa. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "President El-Sisi appoints 100 new members to Egypt's Senate". State Information Service. 12 October 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ Mohamed Napolion (12 October 2025). "El-Sisi reshapes Senate, dropping 91 out of 100 senators". Al Manassa. Retrieved 19 December 2025.