2012 presidential election
Presidential election puts secular parties to democratic test
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Presidential election puts secular parties to democratic test
Formed on a wave of optimism last year, political realities and internal squabbles have taken their toll on the secular…
Jama’a al-Islamiya: SCAF is rigging election for Shafiq
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Jama’a al-Islamiya: SCAF is rigging election for Shafiq
A member of Jamaa Islamiya's consultancy council, Tarek al-Zomor, has claimed that the group had detected “highly-professional methods” being adopted…
Judges left in the dark as they prepare to observe election
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Judges left in the dark as they prepare to observe election
With little to no training, judges who presided over polling stations in the parliamentary elections last November were forced to…
Ganzouri meets with Jimmy Carter ahead of presidential poll
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Ganzouri meets with Jimmy Carter ahead of presidential poll
Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri met on Tuesday with former US President Jimmy Carter, who heads an NGO that will…
Egyptian expatriate voting results
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Egyptian expatriate voting results
Secretary General of the Presidential Elections Commission Hatem Bagato announced late on Monday the results of expatriate voting in the…
Prime minister urges calm ahead of election
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Prime minister urges calm ahead of election
Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri on Tuesday urged for calm during the country’s first presidential election since the uprising last year,…
Tuesday’s papers: Results of Egypt’s expat vote and reported irregularities
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Tuesday’s papers: Results of Egypt’s expat vote and reported irregularities
One day prior to the first round of the presidential election, Egypt’s newspapers focus their coverage almost exclusively on what…
Govt officially allows election observers to begin work
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Govt officially allows election observers to begin work
Egyptian authorities have finally allowed observers of this week's presidential election to start work, monitoring groups said on Tuesday, too…
Cairo, Giza have 1 in 5 registered voters; Delta has 40%, official figures show
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Cairo, Giza have 1 in 5 registered voters; Delta has 40%, official figures show
Cairo has the most registered voters of any Egyptian governorate, with nearly 6.5 million voters, or 11.2 percent of the…
Cabinet think tank poll says 80% of eligible voters will cast ballots
Egypt
May 22, 2012
Cabinet think tank poll says 80% of eligible voters will cast ballots
Eighty percent of Egypt’s eligible voters say they plan to participate in the presidential election slated for Wednesday and Thursday,…