Parliament of Egypt
Bicameral legislature of the Arab Republic of Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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30°02′25″N 31°14′12″E The Parliament of Egypt is the bicameral legislature of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It is composed of an upper house (the Senate) and a lower house (the House of Representatives).[3]
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Parliament of Egypt | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Houses | • Senate • House of Representatives |
Structure | |
Seats | 596 Members of the Egyptian House of Representatives (First Chamber of Parliament)[1]
300 Members of the Egyptian Senate (Second Chamber of Parliament)[2] |
Political groups | Confidence and supply (448)
Opposition (24) Unafilliated (124) |
Political groups | Confidence and supply (201)
Opposition (11) Unafilliated (88)
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Elections | |
Last election | 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election |
Last election | 2020 Egyptian Senate election |
Next election | 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election |
Next election | 2025 Egyptian Senate election |
Meeting place | |
People's Assembly chamber of the Egyptian Parliament building, Cairo, Egypt | |
Website | |
http://www.parliament.gov.eg |
The Parliament is located in Cairo, Egypt's capital. Under the country's 2014 constitution, as the legislative branch of the Egyptian state the Parliament enacted laws, approved the general policy of the State, the general plan for economic and social development and the general budget of the State, supervised the work of the government, and had the power to vote to impeach the president of the Republic, or replace the government and its prime minister by a vote of no-confidence.
The parliament is made up of 596 seats, with 448 seats elected through the individual candidacy system, 120 elected through winner-take-all party lists (with quotas for youth, women, Christians, and workers) and 28 selected by the president.[4] It is the fifth-largest legislative chamber in the world behind China's National People's Congress and the largest parliamentary body in the Arab world.