Egyptian parliamentary election, 1979
Early parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 7 June 1979 in two rounds.
The second round was for remaining 147 seats and was held on 14 June. After the experimental parliamentary elections in 1976, in which three different factions of the Arab Socialist Union competed against each other, the land under Anwar Sadat returned to multiparty politics. This was confirmed in a referendum on the creation of new parties in April 1979.
Two candidates were elected from each of the 176 constituencies out, with a second round of voting, which was necessary, if one or both candidates, it failed to get over 50 % of the votes in the first round - or if none of the candidates with more than 50 % as workers or farmers were classified ( each constituency had to by at least one farmers or workers to be represented ). In addition, 30 seats were reserved for women, and after the election, the President appointed a further 10 members.
About 1,600 candidates competed in this election, nearly 1,000 of them were independents. The result was a victory for the newly formed National Democratic Party of Nobel Peace Anwar Sadat, which won 347 of the 392 seats.