1976 Egyptian presidential confirmation referendum 1976 Egyptian presidential confirmation referendum ← 1970 16 September 1976 1981 → Registered9,564,482Turnout95.75% Nominee Anwar Sadat Party ASU Popular vote 9,145,683 Percentage 99.94% President before election Anwar Sadat ASU Elected President Anwar Sadat ASU Politics of Egypt Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League Constitution (history) Government President (list) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Prime Minister (list) Mostafa Madbouly Cabinet Mostafa Madbouly's ministry Legislature Parliament House of Representatives Speaker (list) Hanafy El Gebaly Senate Judiciary Supreme Constitutional Court Chancellor Saeed Marie Administrative divisions Governorates Subdivisions Elections Recent elections Presidential: 20182023 Parliamentary: 20202025 Referendum: 20142019 Political parties (former) Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Sameh Shoukry Diplomatic missions of / in Egypt Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Egypt portal Other countries vte Presidential elections were held in Egypt on 16 September 1976.[1] The elections took the form of a referendum on the candidacy of Anwar El Sadat, who ran unopposed. He received 99.9% of the vote, with a turnout of 95.7%. Results[edit] CandidatePartyVotes%Anwar SadatArab Socialist Union9,145,68399.94Against5,6050.06Total9,151,288100.00Valid votes9,151,28899.93Invalid/blank votes6,2570.07Total votes9,157,545100.00Registered voters/turnout9,564,48295.75Source: Direct Democracy References[edit] ^ Ägypten, 16. September 1976: Anwar as-Sadat als Präsident Direct Democracy vte Elections and referendums in EgyptPresidential elections 1956 1958 1965 1970 1976 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2012 2014 2018 2023 Parliamentary elections 1883 1889 1895 1901 1907 1913 1923–24 1925 1926 1929 1936 1942 1945 1950 1957 1964 1969 1971 1976 1979 1984 1987 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011–12 2015 2020 2025 Senate elections 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2012 2020 Municipal elections 2008 Next Referendums 1956 1958 1968 1971 (1 Sep) 1971 (11 Sep) 1974 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1987 1990 2005 2007 2011 2012 2014 2019 This Egyptian elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte