[1] In the nominal tier, every district contains two seats and electors are given two votes. If no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round, a second round is held one week later. This round will contain the top 4 vote-getters. Previously, at least one seat in each district was reserved for a worker or farmer. If the two top candidates in the first round were not workers or farmers, the top candidate was elected and a new simple majority poll was held a week later among the top workers and farmers. Under the new constitution passed in January 2014, workers and farmers are guaranteed “appropriate representation,” but there is no mention of the system described above. There are similarly vague guarantees for the representation of youth, women, and Christians. These provisions will likely be clarified by an electoral law similar to the one that was issued for the upcoming presidential election. The 2014 constitution also abolishes the Shura (Advisory) Council, formerly the upper house of the parliament.

PR seats in the People’s Assembly are broken into 46 districts, which are based on Egypt’s 27 governorates. In the nominal tier of seats, 166 members are divided into 83 districts (2 seats per district). The threshold for entering parliament is .05%.