Editing Elections in Egypt (section)

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'''Elections in Egypt''' are held for the [[President of Egypt|president]] and a [[bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature. The president of Egypt is elected for a six-year term by popular vote after draft amendments to the 2013 constitution altered the presidential term limits from the original four years to six years.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yeranian |first=Edward |date=14 February 2019 |title=Egypt's Parliament Moves to Extend Presidential Term Limits |work=[[VOA News]] |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/egypt-s-parliament-moves-to-extend-presidential-term-limits/4787076.html |access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref>

Suffrage is universal and compulsory for every Egyptian citizen over 18. Failure to vote can result in a fine or even imprisonment,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationmaster.com/country/eg/dem|title=Top stats for Egypt: Country profile|work=nationmaster.com}}</ref> but in practice, a significant percentage of eligible voters do not vote. About 63 million voters are registered to vote out of a population of more than 100 million.<ref name=jadaliyyaElectionResults>{{cite web|title=Egyptian elections preliminary results|url=http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3331/egyptian-elections_preliminary-results_updated-|publisher=jadaliyya.com}}</ref> Turnout in the [[2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election|2011 parliamentary election]] was 54%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muslim Brotherhood tops Egyptian poll result|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/01/2012121125958580264.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=17 June 2013}}</ref> Egypt was ranked 9th least electoral [[democracy in the Middle East and North Africa]] according to [[V-Dem Democracy indices]] in 2023 with a score of 0.175 out of 1.<ref name="vdem_dataset">{{cite web |last=V-Dem Institute |date=2023 |title=The V-Dem Dataset |url=https://www.v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/ |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="vdem report">[https://www.v-dem.net/documents/29/V-dem_democracyreport2023_lowres.pdf Democracy Report 2023, Table 3, V-Dem Institute, 2023]</ref>