Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League Elections for the Shura Council were held in Egypt on 11 and 18 June 2007.
From a total of 264 seats in the Shura Council, the upper house of the Egyptian parliament, 88 are for election every three years.
The main parties running were the National Democratic Party (109 candidates) and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (whose 19 candidates were standing as independents, President Mubarak having had failed in an attempt to disqualify 17 of them).
[1] Violence on election day led to the death of a supporter of an independent candidate in Sharqia province after fighting with supporters of the NDP.
[1] Egyptian media reported that 11 of the 88 seats were won uncontested by the National Democratic Party.