Egyptian Think Tank: Parties' New Map in 2021 Parliament

The Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies (ECSS) released Sunday a study about the difference in the party composition of the 2021 House of Parliament compared to the 2015 parliament. 

According to the study, the Egyptian election results showed a change in the Egyptian political and partisan map. Thus, a new phase of persity in the composition of the parliament is created. 

The study hoped that this persity will be an opportunity to enrich the public debate and to launch the stage of investing in Egyptian political stability in improving the living and social conditions of citizens and expressing their priorities.

According to statistics attached to the study, the Future of Nation Party won 171 inpidual seats in the 2021 parliament, while it had won 45 inpidual seats in the 2015 parliament, as well as 145 seats in the list, while the number of its seats in the list system in the previous parliament was 10 only.

The party won 61 percent of the seats reserved for inpiduals, making it the most successful in the inpidual candidacy system. This also means that the party’s performance in this system was nearly three times better than it was in 2015, when it won 24 percent of the inpidual seats.

The study pointed out that the seats of the Republican People's Party jumped from 13 seats in the previous parliament to 50 in the Parliament of 2021.

The total seats of Wafd Party decreased from 35 seats in 2015 to 25 seats in the current parliament. 

The Free Egyptians Party has failed to get any seat in the current parliament while it had won 65 seats in Parliament of 2015.

Moreover, the Guardians of Home Party won 23 seats in the current parliament, while it had won 18 seats in the previous parliament, while Modern Egypt Party won 11 seats, while its seats did not exceed 4 seats in the previous parliament.

Many of the new faces in the 2021-2026 parliament are young people. They may have no previous parliamentary experience, but they are keen to make their mark. They understand that they will need to show that they have earned the confidence of those who voted for them, since if not they may meet the fate that met the many MPs that were voted out of parliament this time around in five years’ time.