Elections

Parliament will not last long: Socialist Popular Alliance Party president
Egypt

Parliament will not last long: Socialist Popular Alliance Party president

Abdel Ghaffar Shokr, president of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party and deputy chairman of the National Council for Human Rights,…
Initial vote counts reflect a waning glamour of veteran parties
Egypt

Initial vote counts reflect a waning glamour of veteran parties

Premature vote counts from 14 governorates for the first phase of parliamentary elections have come with several surprises, with the…
Mostakbal Watan emerges from the dark to outstanding election victory
Egypt

Mostakbal Watan emerges from the dark to outstanding election victory

As the leader of a one-year old political party, Mohamed Badran, chairman of Mostakbal Watan (A Nation's Future), is making…
12% aware of Brotherhood-linked parliamentary candidates: poll
Egypt

12% aware of Brotherhood-linked parliamentary candidates: poll

Twelve percent of voters from the governorates involved in the first phase of the parliamentary elections, which ended on Monday, are…
Expat voting results revealed
Egypt

Expat voting results revealed

Several ambassadors of Egypt have announced the number of voters who cast their ballots in the first round of the…
UPDATE: Foreign press defamation of elections a failure – Foreign Affairs Ministry
Egypt

UPDATE: Foreign press defamation of elections a failure – Foreign Affairs Ministry

Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has responded strongly to what it considers are attempts by the foreign press to belittle the…
People’s reluctance to vote due to mistrust: Abul Ghar
Egypt

People’s reluctance to vote due to mistrust: Abul Ghar

Mohamed Abul Ghar, president of the Social Democratic Party, has attributed the low voter turnout in the parliamentary elections to…
Egyptian youth get on Twitter mocking empty polling stations
Egypt

Egyptian youth get on Twitter mocking empty polling stations

Twitter users mocked the empty polling stations on the first day of parliamentary elections by using Twitter to present themselves…
Folklore troupes refuse New Valley governor’s request to promote elections
Egypt

Folklore troupes refuse New Valley governor’s request to promote elections

Folklore troupes in the New Valley refused the governor’s request to perform in the streets and encourage citizens to participate…
Candidate says overly excited judge mistook him for a voter
Egypt

Candidate says overly excited judge mistook him for a voter

A majority of polling stations were left yearning for voters during parliamentary elections after a low voter turnout on the…
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