Is voting compulsory in Egypt?

Compulsory (not enforced)

Egypt has compulsory voting laws with penalties, but they are not applied in practice.

Egypt is one of 10 countries classified “Compulsory (not enforced)” for compulsory voting — 4% of the 236 with data. (Also searched as mandatory voting.)

Source

Taken from
Wikipedia: Compulsory voting
Last checked
17 September 2026
How it was classified
Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.

Nearby countries

Palestine
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Israel
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Jordan
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Lebanon
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Cyprus
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Syria
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.

Other laws in Egypt

Voting Age
18
Minimum Working Age
14–15

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