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Elections commission announces 5720 parliamentary candidates
Egypt
November 8, 2010
Elections commission announces 5720 parliamentary candidates
The state-run High Elections Commission (HEC) announced today that 5720 candidates, including 132 women, will run in the parliamentary election…
Elections monitor: Challenges to NDP, campaign transgressions
Egypt
November 1, 2010
Elections monitor: Challenges to NDP, campaign transgressions
More than 80 percent of Egyptians do not wish to vote in this year’s elections, according to a study by…
NDP holds nomination contests for female parliamentary seats
Egypt
October 27, 2010
NDP holds nomination contests for female parliamentary seats
National Democratic Party (NDP) nomination contests for female candidacies are being held today in several governorates nationwide. The NDP general…
Elections monitor: Ongoing arrests of Muslim Brotherhood, continuing controversy over ‘Islam is the solution’
Egypt
October 27, 2010
Elections monitor: Ongoing arrests of Muslim Brotherhood, continuing controversy over ‘Islam is the solution’
The Muslim Brotherhood faces a number of challenges in the lead-up to November's elections, including a strong security crackdown, a…
No NDP-Muslim Brotherhood deal over impending elections, says former MB adviser
Egypt
October 26, 2010
No NDP-Muslim Brotherhood deal over impending elections, says former MB adviser
Former adviser to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) supreme guide, Abdel Hamid al-Ghazaly, on Tuesday admitted the group brokered a deal…
Elections monitor: Heated competition for women’s seats, votes for tomatoes
Egypt
October 25, 2010
Elections monitor: Heated competition for women’s seats, votes for tomatoes
More than 1000 women will be competing over National Democratic Party (NDP) nominations for 64 seats allocated under the recently-adopted…
Elections monitor: Between participation and boycott, opposition parties are divided
Egypt
October 21, 2010
Elections monitor: Between participation and boycott, opposition parties are divided
A political party’s decision to boycott elections is an indication of its bankruptcy and lack of popularity, writes Sayyid al-Naggar…
Student union elections: A bad omen for upcoming polls
Opinion
October 20, 2010
Student union elections: A bad omen for upcoming polls
Newspapers reported on Monday that most of the seats in Cairo University’s student union election were won without contest as…
Q&A with head of Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc
Egypt
October 20, 2010
Q&A with head of Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc
Mohamed Saad al-Katabny, head of the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc, told Al-Masry Al-Youm his organization will continue to use the…
How violent could it get?
Egypt
October 20, 2010
How violent could it get?
Street clashes two months ago between supporters of rival candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Port Said and Daqahliya…