Elections for the Shura Council were held in Egypt on 1 and 8 June 2010.[1][2] From a total of 264 seats in the upper house of the Egyptian parliament, 88 are up for election every three years, another 44 are appointed by the president.

Campaign

Out of 446 candidates for elections, 115 were from political parties and 331 were independents.[3]

Conduct

معظم دول العالم لا يوجد فيها إشراف قضائي على الانتخابات ومع ذلك تكون نزيهة وحيادية
Most of the world has no judicial supervision on elections, however, those elections are fair and impartial.[4]

— Gamal Mubarak, in a press conference

The election was not under any national court or international supervision. The General Secretary of the Policy Committee in the National Democratic Party Gamal Mubarak said in a press conference that, "This issue is governed by the law and the constitution which made it possible for civil society organizations to monitor the elections".[4] The Secretary of Education in the NDP, Mohamed Kamal, said that the party welcomes the supervision of national organizations, but refuses international monitoring. He also added that the abolition of judicial supervision of elections does not affect the integrity of the elections.

Results

PartySeats
First
round		Second
round		Total
National Democratic Party74680
Arab Democratic Nasserist Party101
Democratic Generation Party101
National Progressive Unionist Party101
El-Ghad Party101
Independents044
Total781088
Source: IPU

References

  1. ↑ 2010 UPCOMING ELECTIONS
  2. ↑ IFES Election Guide
  3. ↑ "Shura Council elections to kick off Tuesday". Al Masry Al Youm. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  4. 1 2 «National Democratic Party» emphasizes the unity of the parliamentary majority to reap and rejects any international monitoring of the elections
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