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Reform and Development Party-Misruna

Dec 26 2011
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Reform and Development Party-Misruna The Reform and Development Party (RDP) was established in 2009 by Mohamed Anwar Esmat Al-Sadat (commonly known as Esmat Al-Sadat), a nephew of late Egyptian president Anwar Al-Sadat. Egyptian authorities turned down RDP’s initial license application in July 2010, but the party was eventually legalized in May 2011 in the wake of Egypt’s January 25 Revolution. In June of this year, the RDP merged with Misruna [Our Egypt], a party founded ...

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Al-Adl Party

Dec 13 2011
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Al-Adl Party Al-Adl Party was formally established in the wake of former President Mubarak’s ouster. The party declares that it seeks to protect the goals of Egypt’s January 25 Revolution and promote the country’s social and economic development. Al-Adl professes a liberal platform calling for a civil, free, and modern state though the party decided from the outset to not align itself with Egypt’s liberal or Islamist camps, calling instead for a “third way”. Before the ...

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Egyptian Tahrir Party

Dec 13 2011
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Egyptian Tahrir Party The Egyptian Tahrir Party received its official license on 5 September 2011, though party founders claim that they were talking about forming a party before the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011. Sufi leader Mohammad Alaa Al-Din Abul Azayem called on followers to join the party, purportedly in order to counterbalance the influence of rival Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Salafist movements. Although ...

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Egyptian Bloc

Dec 08 2011
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Egyptian Bloc Coalition Members: Free Egyptians Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and Al-Tagammu Party. The Egyptian Bloc consists of the Free Egyptians Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and Al-Tagammu Party. The Bloc is often portrayed as a “secular-leaning” alliance that seeks to counterbalance the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the upcoming elections, specifically the Brotherhood led Democratic Alliance’s electoral coalition. Members of the ...

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Nationwide Vote for Party-Coalition Lists (Stage 1)

Dec 04 2011
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Party/Coalition List Votes % Votes Freedom and Justice* 3565092 36.62321885 Al-Nour** 2371713 24.3639615 Egyptian Bloc 1299819 13.35268647 Al-Wafd 690077 7.088973018 ...

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Ghad Al-Thawra Party (Hizb Ghad Al-Thawra)

Dec 03 2011
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Ghad Al-Thawra Party (Hizb Ghad Al-Thawra) The liberal Ghad Al-Thawra (‘The Revolution’s Tomorrow’) Party is most commonly associated with its founder, Ayman Nour, who famously ran against then incumbent President Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 presidential election. The party was originally licensed in 2004 under the name Al-Ghad Party, but it was sidelined from the political scene during Mubarak’s last years in office due to internal splits and legal battles. It reemerged ...

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Freedom and Justice Party

Nov 22 2011
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Freedom and Justice Party The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, could not have come into being without the 25 January revolution. Up to that time, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), Egypt’s most powerful Islamist organization, was not only denied the right to form parties, but also barred – at least legally – from political life. As a result, the group had to pay a heavy price in detentions and repression to practice politics under ...

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Meet the National Democratic Party Offshoots

Nov 18 2011
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The National Democratic Party (NDP) of ousted President Hosni Mubarak was dissolved on 16 April 2011 by the Supreme Administrative Court’s order. Since then, former NDP officials have established what are generally considered as offshoots of the disbanded party. Six such parties have been formed so far and at least four more are being planned. While there were court cases challenging the candidacy of individuals formerly affiliated with the NDP in the upcoming elections, a ...

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Revolution Continues Alliance

Nov 18 2011
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Revolution Continues Alliance [Note: The Revolution Continues Alliance has announced on 20 November 2011 that it suspended its election campaigns in protest of the recent clampdown against protesters in Tahrir Square.] Coalition Members: The Socialist Popular Alliance Party, the Egyptian Socialist Party, the Egyptian Current Party, the Egypt Freedom Party, Equality and Development Party, the Revolution’s Youth Coalition, the Egyptian Alliance Party. The Revolution ...

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Socialist Popular Alliance Party

Nov 18 2011
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Socialist Popular Alliance Party [Note: The Revolution Continues Alliance, of which the Socialist Popular Alliance Party is a member, has announced on 20 November 2011 that it suspended its election campaigns in protest of the recent clampdown against protesters in Tahrir Square.] The Socialist Popular Alliance Party (SPA)—founded immediately following the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak—was the first Egyptian leftist party to be legally recognized after the ...

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Parties & Movements [Jadaliyya and Ahram Online]

 

These entries highlight the parties and movements operating in the Egyptian electoral landscape in the 2011 parliamentary elections. 


A Jadaliyya and Ahram Online Initiative

As part of the Egypt Elections Watch (EEW), Jadaliyya and Ahram Online, with the Center of Contemporary Arab Studies (Georgetown University) and the Middle East Studies Program (George Mason University) as co-sponsors, will produce articles/posts/profiles on a weekly basis, covering organizations, political parties, coalitions, relevant laws and procedures, and profiles of key individuals related to the Egyptian elections. This is in addition to news updates summarizing major developments surrounding the lead-up to the election, such as emerging or shifting alliances, new political positions, and candidacy announcements. If you have questions, comments, contributions, and/or an eye-witness account, please email us at:eew@jadaliyya.com. For a listing of EEW’s team members please click here. 

 

Egypt Elections Watch Team
 
Editorial Committee
Fouad Mansour
Hesham Sallam
Dina Samak
Hani Shukrallah
Mohamed Waked

Project Coordinator
Mary Mourad

Researchers
Gamal Essam El-Din 
Mahienour ElMasry
Mary Mourad
Osman El Sharnoubi
Salma Shukrallah
Sherif Tarek
Lilian Wagdy 

Copy-Editors
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Rosie Bsheer
Nabiha Das
Ian Douglas
Elizabeth Guthrie
Adam Morrow
Sherene Seikaly
Nabil Shawkat

Tech Support
Ziad Abu-Rish
Bassam Haddad
Colleen Yeskovich

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