Pro-Sisi parties dominate Egypt parliament vote

EGYPT’S election body at the weekend announced the final results of a months-long parliamentary election, with a pro-government coalition dominating a vote critics said would further cement President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s grip on power.

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Half of the seats were filled through closed party lists and the other half by individual candidates, while five percent of MPs are appointed directly by the president. A quarter of the seats are also reserved for women.

Of the half for individual candidates, the three main parties of pro-government coalition ‘National List for Egypt’ won 164 seats, the election body said. A total of 596 seats make up the Egyptian parliament.