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|party3=[[New Wafd Party]]
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|members=596 Members of the Egyptian House of Representatives (First Chamber of Parliament)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/103021/Egypt/Politics-/President-Mansour-signs-into-law-parliamentary-ele.aspx|title=President Mansour signs into law parliamentary elections legislation|publisher=Ahram Online|date=5 June 2014|
<br />300 Members of the Egyptian Senate (Second Chamber of Parliament)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/8/11/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%89-%D8%B8%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9/4922791|title=انتخابات مجلس الشيوخ.. متى ظهرت الغرفة الثانية للبرلمان لأول مرة فى مصر؟|publisher=Youm7|date=2020-08-11|
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The '''Parliament of Egypt'''. Approval of the [[2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum]] created a second chamber, called the [[Senate_(Egypt)|Egyptian Senate]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sisi thanks Egyptians for their 'dazzling' participation in constitutional referendum|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/330554/Egypt/Politics-/Sisi-thanks-Egyptians-for-their-dazzling-participa.aspx|agency=Ahram Online|date=23 April 2019|
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.<ref name=ao1aug>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/138976.aspx|title=Egypt election committee to announce date for parliamentary poll Sunday|publisher=Ahram Online|date=27 August 2015|
==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 Egypt's parliament increased for third time in a year|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/74763/Egypt/Politics-/Seats-in-Egypt%E2%80%99s-parliament-increased-for-third-ti.aspx|agency=Ahram Online|date=23 June 2013|
The Parliament has lacked the powers to effectively balance the powers of the president.
==Suspension of Parliament==
Egypt was without a parliament for three years. The parliament was dissolved in June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Egypt election committee to announce date for parliamentary poll Sunday|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/138976.aspx|
==Campaigning==
===Upper Egypt===
While parliamentary elections in the major cities are often fixed by the ruling party, elections in [[Upper Egypt]]—the poorest and most underdeveloped part of the country where approximately 40% of Egypt's population live—are more free, with the ruling party "recruiting whoever happened to win." According to journalist Peter Hessler, neglect of Upper Egypt has also allowed the region to "devise indigenous campaign traditions".<ref name=NYER-7-March-2016>{{cite journal |journal=New Yorker |date=7 March 2016 |last1=Hessler |first1=Peter |title=Letter from El-Balyana |
Without parties or local media to promote issues or policies, campaigns consist primarily of evening house calls to potential voters by candidates with their entourage. Visits may last anywhere from only a minute to a half an hour. Candidates are served cigarettes, (non-alcoholic) drinks or sweets; The visits are not confined to a period before the election but often continue even when the parliament is cancelled and elections continually delayed.<ref name=NYER-7-March-2016/>
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===Formation of the House===
The 2014 constitution that was passed in the [[Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2014|2014 constitutional referendum]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://en.aswatmasriya.com/news/view.aspx?id=87b50dff-c5e2-4b33-9fd8-db68f4b9bd24|title=Egyptians overwhelmingly back constitution - official results|agency=Aswat Masriya|date=18 January 2014|
The House sits for a five-year term but can be dissolved earlier by the president. All seats are voted on in each election. The House of Representatives members are elected by absolute majority of legitimate votes cast.
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==== Specialized Committees ====
These committees are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/312731/Egypt/Politics-/Support-Egypt-coalition-sweeps-Egypt-parliaments--.aspx|title='Support Egypt' coalition sweeps Egypt parliament's 25 committees|publisher=Ahram Online|date=3 October 2018|
* Media, Culture and Antiquities committee
* Industry Committee
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