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==History and composition==
{{Main|History of the Egyptian parliament}}
Parliamentary life began in Egypt as early as 1866, and since then several forms of national assemblies have been formed, dismantled and amended to reach the present-day form. Since 1866, [[Egypt]] witnessed seven parliamentary systems whose legislative and oversight competences varied and reflected the history of the Egyptian people's struggle to establish a society based on democracy and freedom. For more than 135 years of parliamentary history Egypt witnessed 32 Parliaments whose members ranged between 75 and 458 who contributed to writing Egypt's modern political social, economic and cultural history. According to the present-day constitution, the Parliament consists only of the [[House of Representatives (Egypt)|House of Representatives]] ("Maǧlis an-Nowwab"), a 596-member [[lower house]].<ref name="ahram23june">{{Cite news |title=Seats in
The Parliament has lacked the powers to effectively balance the powers of the president.
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