Items related to 2011 parliamentary elections

National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) holds first meeting after the 25 January revolution presided by Deputy Chief Mohamed Fa'eq, Shura Council, Cairo, 20 April, 2011. The council decided during meeting that Mahmoud Karem, the NCHR secretary-general, will remain in office.
Shura Council elections underway, but many ask: What's the point?
Heba Afify
Abdel-Rahman Hussein
Christine Kassasseya
30 Jan 2012
Elections for Egypt's upper house of Parliament, the Shura Council, began Sunday with little fanfare. Unlike the...
Voters lining up before polling station during the parliamentary poll's third phase, Daqahleya, 3 January, 2012.  Poll takes place on 3-4 January at nine governorates including; Gharbeya, Daqahleya, Marsa Matrouh, South Sinai, North Sinai, Minya, Qena, Qalyubiya and New Valley. Run-offs will take place on 10-11 January.
A violence-free election raises questions about SCAF's intentions
Omar Halawa 23 Jan 2012
The commencement of the first parliamentary session on Monday leads Egyptians to reevaluate the traditional association...
A worker paints the gate of People's Assembly, Cairo, January 21,2012. the first session of the revolution's parliament will be held on 23 January.
Sunday's papers: Final election results published just before People's Assembly meets, while Mubarak's trial continues
Jano Charbel 22 Jan 2012
It has been dubbed the "Parliament of the Revolution," the "Brotherhood's Parliament" and a...
مواطنة تدلي بصوتها في الاستفتاء على التعديلات الدستورية، بإحدى اللجان الانتخابية، 19 مارس 2011. تشهد محافظات مصر إقبالا متزايدا على لجان الاقتراع منذ الثامنة صباحا في 54 ألف لجنة اقتراع على مستوى الجمهورية؛ للتصويت في الاستفتاء على التعديلات الدستورية التي أجريت على تسع مواد من الدستور، وقد تباينت مواقف القوى والأحزاب السياسية بين التصويت بنعم أو لا، ولكن ظهر اتفاق عام على ضرورة مشاركة الناخبين في الاستفتاء
With parliament set to commence, groups gear up for debate on constitution
Abdel-Rahman Hussein 21 Jan 2012
The debate over the constitution is resurfacing, with parliament set to kick off its sessions on 23 January. Political...
Egypt parties edge toward economic policy consensus
Reuters 18 Jan 2012
For a political movement that has just triumphed in elections, winning nearly half the seats in Egypt's first...
A voter casts his vote on the first day of the second phase of People's Assembly elections, al-Saff, Giza, December 14,2011. The Second phase of parliamentary elections includes: Giza, Sharqeya, Monofeya, Ismilia, Suez, Sohag, Beheyra, Beni Suef, Aswan.
Islamists will control two thirds of the parliament
Reuters
Egypt Independent
14 Jan 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood will control close to half the seats in the first Egyptian parliament elected since an uprising...
A voter casts his ballot in polling station during the parliamentary poll's third phase, Shoubra al-Khaima, Qalyubiya, 3 January, 2012. Poll takes place on 3-4 January at nine governorates including; Gharbeya, Daqahleya, Marsa Matrouh, South Sinai, North Sinai, Minya, Qena, Qalyubiya and New Valley. Run-offs will take place on 10-11 January.
Elections committee head: Judges to explain to public how electoral coefficient is calculated
MENA 08 Jan 2012
Voter turnout in the third phase of the People's Assembly elections was 62 percent for the single-winner candidates...
Railway stations in Egypt without safety standards for passengers
Railways opened in Qena, election results to be challenged in court
Al-Masry Al-Youm Staff 08 Jan 2012
Community leaders in Nagaa Hammadi, Abou Tesht and Deshna in the Qena Governorate have succeeded in convincing citizens...
General Ahmed Shafiq (L), Presidential hopeful and former Prime Minister, talks with General Sami Anan, Armed Forces Chief of Staff and vice-Chief of the SCAF, during Christmas midnight mass, Abbassiya Cathedral, Cairo, January 6,2012. A massive plan to protect Egyptian churches swung into action ahead of the Christmas eve mass lead by Pope Shenuda III in Cairo's Abbassiya Cathedral, with Islamist leaders attending for the first time.
Sunday's papers: Election results and talk of a national defense council
Rana Khazbak 08 Jan 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood and the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) agree on the structure of a national...
Wasat Party chief after defeat: Serving people does not require official posts
Al-Masry Al-Youm Staff 08 Jan 2012
Head of the Wasat Party Abul Ela Mady, whose list lost in last week's elections in Minya, promised to continue...