A profile of the non-Islamists in Egypt’s new People’s Assembly.
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Parties and Alliances
Egyptian political parties are difficult to categorize in terms of their ideological leanings, because many of them reject the labels others affix to them. The Freedom and Justice Party, for example, is clearly seen as an Islamist party by outsiders, but rejects that definition and calls itself a civil party instead. Parties that analysts consider secular angrily reject that definition. Parties are thus listed here simply in alphabetical order. The discussion of the alliances being formed among political parties gives an indication, if not of the ideological leanings of the parties, at least of the way in which they are trying to position themselves to attract votes.
Political Parties
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Al-Gabha al-Dimuqrati (Democratic Front Party)
Al-Geel al-Dimuqrati (Democratic Generation Party)
Al-Ghad (Tomorrow Party)
Al-Asala (Authenticity Party)
Al-Wafd (Delegation Party)
Al-Wasat (Center Party)
Al-Banna’ wa al-Tanmiyya (Building and Development Party)
Al-Tayar al-Masry (Egyptian Current Party)
Al-Tahrir al-Masry (Egyptian Liberation Party)
Al-Hurriyya wa al-‘Adala (Freedom and Justice Party)
Al-Nour (Light Party)
Masr al-Hurreyya (Egypt Freedom Party)
Al-Masriyeen al-Ahrrar (Free Egyptians Party)
Al-Dimqurati al-Arabi al-Nasseri (Democratic Arab Nasserite Party)
Al-Tagammu (National Progressive Unionist Party)
Al-Adl (Justice Party)
Al-Islah wa al-Tanmiyya (Reform and Development Party)
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Al-Tahaluf al-sha’abi al-ishtiraki (Socialist Popular Alliance Party)
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Al-Masry al-Dimuqrati al-Igtima’i (Egyptian Social Democratic Party)
Al-Watani al-Dimuqrati (National Democratic Party)
Alliances
The Democratic Alliance
The Egypt Bloc
The Islamist Alliance
The "Completing the Revolution" Alliance
Additional Alliances
Results of Egypt’s People’s Assembly Election
01/25/2012 – 9:46 pm
Results from Egypt’s People’s Assembly elections, including seat breakdown, minority representation, proportional representation list seats results, and individual member district results.
When Victory Becomes an Option: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Confronts Success
01/10/2012 – 4:39 pm
With its impressive electoral victory the Muslim Brotherhood must start setting its foreign policy, economic, and cultural priorities. With the Salafis entering the political arena for the first time, the Brotherhood Party may be forced to choose between competing with them for the Islamist base and reassuring non-Islamist political forces at home and abroad.
Preliminary Election Results
12/26/2011 – 9:39 pm
Preliminary results of the first and second stage of elections for Egypt’s People’s Assembly.
Salafis and Sufis in Egypt
12/20/2011 – 8:18 pm
Responses to the Salafi electoral success suggest an effort to marginalize Egypt’s new Islamist leaders. This approach will most likely prove unwise, as the democratic process, political involvement, and electoral accountability will continue to moderate Salafi views and policies over the long term. Overturning their electoral gains will reverse this trend and further empower these groups by placing them back in the seat of opposition.
The Specter of “Protected Democracy” in Egypt
12/15/2011 – 9:19 pm
Challenging the SCAF requires sustained unity of purpose and determination among civilian leaders and political parties and movements, and a favorable external environment, neither of which is assured at present.
Landmines in Egypt’s Constitutional Roadmap
12/07/2011 – 3:59 pm
Egypt’s protracted series of parliamentary balloting has just begun, but it is not too soon to think about the implications of presidential elections that have yet to be scheduled and which may be a cause deep concern.
Egypt’s Election, Take One
12/02/2011 – 7:26 pm
After Egypt’s first round of elections, the FJP and the Brotherhood have shown a great deal of political acumen in not embracing an alliance with the Salafis. It is crucial that secular parties show equal acumen by cooperating with the FJP.
Egypt’s Democracy: Between the Military, Islamists, and Illiberal Democrats
11/03/2011 – 8:55 pm
Unless the Islamists and liberals can find a way to coexist in Egyptian politics, Egypt risks falling into a new authoritarianism, with the military and the liberals undermining the democratic process to prevent Islamist participation.