Egyptian Arab Congress

The Egyptian Arab Congress (Arabic: المؤتمر العربي المصري al-mu’tamr al-maṣrī al-‘arabī) is the republican congress of the Egyptian Arab Republic, a unicameral assembly which forms the legislative branch of the government of Egypt. It is responsible for electing the Premier of Egypt and confirming cabinet, acting as the highest institution of state authority in the republic. It meets in the Parliament Building in Cairo.

The Egyptian Arab Congress consists of 448 seats, each representing an Egyptian electoral district. Electoral district boundaries are determined by population, with each electoral district having the same population (plus or minus no more than 500 people); in the most recent election, held in March 2019, each seat represented a population averaging 234,110.

The Ba'ath Party's Egyptian Regional Branch holds the highest number of seats at 219 seats, just under half of all seats. The remaining 229 seats are split more or less halfway between the Ba'ath-allied parties of the National Progressive Front (NPF) coalition (120 seats, 88 of which are held by the Communist Party), and the opposition parties of the National Alliance.