2025 Egyptian Senate election

2025 Egyptian Senate election
4–5 August 2025 (first round)
27–28 August 2025 (second round)
200 of the 300 seats in the Senate
101 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats +/–
NFP Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq 104 −45
HDP Ahmed El Awadi 44 +33
National Front Party Assem el Gazzar 22 New
RPP Hazem Omar 10 −7
ESDP Farid Zahran 5 +2
RDP Mohamed Anwar Sadat 4 +1
Justice Abdel-Moneim Imam 4 +3
Wafd Abdel-Sanad Yamama 2 −8
Tagammu Sayed Abdel Aal 2 −2
Eradet Geel Party Tayseer Mata 1 0
Freedom Mamdouh Hassan 1 0
Congress Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida 1 −2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the Senate before President of the Senate after
Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq
NFP		 Essam El-Din Farid[1]
NFP

Senate elections were held in Egypt between 4 and 5 August 2025, with Egyptian expatriates voting between 1 and 2 August. Run-offs took place from 27–28 August. Results were announced by the National Elections Authority (NEA) on 12 August 2025.[2]

Background

The election took place five years after the 2020 Egyptian Senate election, as required by the constitution. The Senate was re‑established following the 2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, replacing the Shura Council which was abolished in 2014.[3]

The poll was held amid economic challenges, including high inflation and currency devaluation, alongside continued restrictions on political opposition. Several opposition and independent groups alleged unequal campaigning conditions and chose not to field candidates.

Dates

The first round of the election was held from 1–2 August overseas and from 4–5 August in the country.[4]

Run offs took place in late August.[5]

Electoral system

The Senate has 300 members, with 100 appointed by the president. 200 are voted on via a mixed electoral system; 100 were elected via individual constituencies, the other 100 were elected via a closed list proportional system.[6]

The NEA confirmed on 18 July 2025 that 428 candidates would contest the single‑member seats, "including 186 independents" and 242 party members. The deadline for withdrawals was 20 July.[7]

Parties

Contesting

The National Unified List for Egypt continued negotiations for seat allotments in late June, with the Nation's Future Party expected to receive the most seats, followed by the Homeland Defenders Party, National Front, and the Republican People's Party. The New Wafd Party was anticipated to receive very few seats.[8]

The National Unified List was the only list confirmed to run for the party list seats.[7] The list included the Nation's Future Party (which ran the largest share of candidates, at 44), Homeland Defenders Party (19), National Front Party (12), the Republican People's Party (three) and parties aligned with the opposition, including the Egyptian Wafd Party, Tagammu, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, and the Justice Party.

Numerous parties in the alliance also ran for individual seats, including the Nation's Future Party, Homeland Defenders, Justice Party, National Front and the Republican People's Party.[9] The Egyptian Social Democratic Party fielded "35 candidates" for individual seats, while the Will of a Generation Party ran "33 candidates", the Union Party with 30 candidates, and the Al-Ahrar Party ran a total of 28 candidates, while the Tagammu Party had 27 candidates. The Democratic Generation Party ran "25 candidates", with the Egyptian Freedom Party running 24. The Arab Democratic Nasserist Party had 18 candidates, the Congress Party had 17, and the New Independent Party ran 15 while the Al-Nour Party had 12, the Consciousness Party had 11, and the New Wafd Party listed 10 candidates.[10]

Boycotts

Conduct

Zawia3 confirmed that in Sohag Governorate, people affiliated with individual candidates were seen distributing coupons which were exchangeable for food, once people had voted.[10]

Results

Since the National List for the Sake of Egypt was unopposed in the list constituencies and surpassed the 5% vote threshold, the NEA awarded it all 100 list seats automatically. Five of the 100 constituency seats went to a second round.[11]

Party or allianceProportionalConstituency
(first round)		Constituency
(second round)		Total
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
National List
for the Sake of Egypt		Nation's Future Party11,490,26398.0344582104
Homeland Defenders Party1923244
National Front Party129122
Republican People's Party5510
Egyptian Social Democratic Party505
Reform and Development Party404
Justice Party404
Egyptian Wafd Party202
National Progressive Unionist Rally Party202
Eradet Geel Party101
Egyptian Freedom Party101
Egyptian Congress Party101
Total100955200
Consciousness Party000
New Independent Party000
Al-Nour Party00
Independents000
Against231,3981.97––
Appointed members100
Total11,721,661100.00100955300
Valid votes11,721,66198.95
Invalid/blank votes124,5721.05
Total votes11,846,233100.00
Registered voters/turnout69,333,31817.09
Source: Ahram,[12] Anadolu Agency,[13] Dostor,[14] Safha,[15] Al Manassa[16]

Aftermath

President el-Sisi appointed 100 members in October 2025, including political figures Abdel-Sanad Yamama, Hazem Omar and Essam Khalil. The president retained nine of the senators who he had previously appointed in 2020.[17]

References

  1. ^ Gamal Essam El-Din (18 October 2025). "Egypt's new Senate elects Essam El-Din Farid as speaker". Ahram Online. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Egypt's election authority to announce Senate election results". State Information Service. 12 August 2025.
  3. ^ Gamal Essam El-Din (15 April 2019). "Frequently Asked Questions about parliament's proposed amendments of Egypt's 2014 constitution". Ahram Online. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ Gamal Essam El-Din (14 August 2025). "Mostaqbal Watan dominates Egypt's Senate elections with sweeping win". Ahram Online. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Egypt holds run-off Senate vote in five governorates". State Information Service. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Egypt's new Senate elects Essam El-Din Farid as speaker". Ahram Online. 18 October 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  7. ^ a b Gamal Essam El-Din (19 July 2025). "Egypt's National Election Authority announces final list of candidates for 2025 Senate Elections". Ahram Online. Archived from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  8. ^ Safaa Essam Eddin (29 June 2025). "Nation's Future leads unified list as parties scramble for Senate seats". Al Manassa. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  9. ^ Gamal Essam El-Din (6 August 2025). "The road to the Senate". Ahram Online. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  10. ^ a b c "Senate Elections in Egypt: Forced Crowds and Scenes of Apathy". Zawia3. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Egypt 2025 Senate elections see 17 % voter turnout; runoffs set for 5 seats". Ahram Online. 12 August 2025.
  12. ^ "ننشر تفاصيل إحصائيات فوز القائمة الوطنية من أجل مصر بجميع أنحاء الجمهورية". Ahram (in Arabic). 13 August 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  13. ^ Hussien Elkabany; Rania Abu Shamala (13 August 2025). "Runoffs set for 5 seats in Egyptian Senate elections with 17% voter turnout: National Election Authority". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  14. ^ "ننشر عدد مقاعد الأحزاب السياسية بمجلس الشيوخ بعد إعلان النتيجة: مستقبل وطن في المقدمة" (in Arabic). Dostor. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  15. ^ "3 أحزاب تهيمن على مقاعد مجلس الشيوخ 2025 وغياب تام للمستقلين" (in Arabic). Safha. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  16. ^ Safaa Essam Eddin; Yousef Okail (14 August 2025). "Senate election results, a right-loyal stitch up". Al Manassa. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  17. ^ Mohamed Napolion (12 October 2025). "El-Sisi reshapes Senate, dropping 91 out of 100 senators". Al Manassa. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
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