Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 27 May 1984. Since the last election in 1979, changes had been made to the electoral system. The 176 two-member constituencies were replaced by 48 multi-member constituencies (totalling 448 seats), with candidates elected on a party list system, with a party needing over 8% of the vote to win a seat.Egypt Inter-Parliamentary Union

The result was a victory for the ruling National Democratic Party, which won 390 of the 448 seats. The New Wafd Party]–Muslim Brotherhood alliance was the only other group to win seats.

Following the election, President Hosni Mubarak appointed a further 10 members to the Assembly; one from the NDP, four from the Socialist Labour Party, one from the National Progressive Unionist Party and four Copts. Voter turnout was 43%.

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Further reading

Krämer, Gudrun. (1984) Der Demokratisierungsprozeß in Ägypten und die Wahl zum Abgeordnetenhaus vom Mai 1984: Aufzeichnung. Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, (In Gernam)