Editing Elections in Egypt (section)

==Elections under the Mubarak regime==

===2005 presidential election===
{{Main|2005 Egyptian presidential election}}
Under the Mubarak era, the Egyptian presidential election of 2005 was the first-ever [[multi-party]], multi-candidate contested presidential election in [[Egypt]]'s history, made under the 2005/2007 constitutional amendments to the 1971 Constitution of Egypt. Despite its significance, the election was marred by [[voter fraud]], [[ballot stuffing]], boycotts, intimidation, vote-buying, and protests by opposition groups, leading to a low turnout of under 30%. Before the 2005 election, the [[president of Egypt]] was nominated by a two-thirds majority of the rubber-stamp [[People's Assembly of Egypt|People's Assembly]] and approved under a referendum process that resembles a [[show election]] in [[authoritarian]] countries.

===2010 parliamentary elections===
{{Main|2010 Egyptian parliamentary election|2010 Egyptian Shura Council election}}
Under the Mubarak era, The [[People's Assembly (Egypt)|People's Assembly]] and [[Shura Council]] were elected under an electoral system of [[single member plurality]]. Along with the combination of voter fraud, ballot stuffing, intimidation, and lack of judicial and international supervision, this ensured the [[National Democratic Party of Egypt|NDP]] a super-majority win of seats for both houses. The [[Muslim Brotherhood]] was not recognized as a political party by the law, but its members were allowed to run as independents.