2011 parliamentary elections

Court enables detained blogger to vote in elections
Egypt

Court enables detained blogger to vote in elections

Egypt's administrative court delivered a verdict on Saturday that enables detained blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah to vote in the…
Wednesday’s papers: Concerns about the elections, Ganzouri and Tahrir
Egypt

Wednesday’s papers: Concerns about the elections, Ganzouri and Tahrir

Most newspaper headlines highlight “the sweeping victory" of Islamists in the run-offs for the first phase of parliamentary elections. State-owned…
Brotherhood says it won 34 run-off seats
Egypt

Brotherhood says it won 34 run-off seats

The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won 34 individual seats of the 45 it contested in the first…
Fragmentation dooms liberals and revolution youth to electoral failure, say experts
Egypt

Fragmentation dooms liberals and revolution youth to electoral failure, say experts

Fragmentation, alienation from voters, propaganda, and a lack of electoral experience are behind the underwhelming performance of liberals and young…
Parliamentary candidates pay children to hand out leaflets
Egypt

Parliamentary candidates pay children to hand out leaflets

Candidates in the current parliamentary elections are making use of poor children to distributing campaign literature, paying them in cash…
Candidates using religious slogans will be disqualified, says elections commission head
Egypt

Candidates using religious slogans will be disqualified, says elections commission head

The High Elections Commission (HEC) will annul the parliamentary candidacy of anyone using religious slogans if he or she is…
77,000 Egyptian expats voted in run-off elections
Egypt

77,000 Egyptian expats voted in run-off elections

Some 77,119 Egyptians living abroad cast their votes in the run-offs for the first phase of the parliamentary elections, the…
Military denies consulting Salafis over new government
Egypt

Military denies consulting Salafis over new government

A military source denied on Tuesday that Sami Anan, deputy head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces…
Tuesday’s papers: Low turnout and unrealized debate marks run-offs
Egypt

Tuesday’s papers: Low turnout and unrealized debate marks run-offs

A headline in privately owned Al-Tahrir that sums up one of the major aspects of Egypt’s first parliamentary elections after…
Foreign Ministry receives run-off vote counts from 50 embassies
Egypt

Foreign Ministry receives run-off vote counts from 50 embassies

Fifty Egyptian embassies abroad sent vote counts from the run-off elections to the Foreign Ministry, ministry spokesperson Amr Roshdy said…
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