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• Mar 07, 2013: Egypt: Court ruling suspending parliamentary polls draws mixed reactions, Ahram Online (2013) Presidency vows to respect Administrative Court ruling suspending upcoming parliamentary polls; Opposition NSF sees decision as vindication of its calls to boycott electoral contest. Details in the source link below.
• Feb 19, 2013: Egypt: Draft electoral laws contradict the national charter: Constitutional Court, Ahram Online (2013) In blow to Islamist-led Shura Council, Egypt's High Constitutional Court rules that draft legislation regulating parliamentary polls is at odds with country's new national charter. More details in the source link below.
• Jan 17, 2013: Egypt: NGOs can apply to oversee parliament polls until 15 February: SEC, Ahram Online (2013) Egypt's Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) gives local and international civil society groups until mid-February to apply for supervisory role in upcoming parliamentary polls.
• Jan 03, 2013: Egypt constitution: First round of referendum ends, BBC News (2012) Voting has closed in Egypt's Constitutional Referendum which saw a high rate of turnout among Egyptian citizens.
• Nov 23, 2012: Egypt protest call over President Mursi's sweeping powers, BBC (2012) Opposition leaders in Egypt have called for large protests after President Mohammed Mursi passed a decree giving himself sweeping new powers. The decree states the president's decisions cannot be revoked by any authority - including the judiciary. It also opens the way for a retrial of people convicted of killings during Egypt's 2011 uprising which toppled President Hosni Mubarak. Mr Mursi's critics have denounced the move as a "coup against legitimacy". More details in the source link below.
• Aug 13, 2012: Egypt: English text of President Morsi's new Egypt Constitutional Declaration, Ahram Online (2012) Morsi's Constitutional Declaration abrogates 17 June constitutional addendum, grants president full executive and legislative powers, puts constitution-drafting process under president's control.
• Jun 24, 2012: Mursi declared Egypt's first civilian president, but military remains in control, Ahram Online (2012) Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi becomes Egypt's first freely-elected, non-military head of state – but his diminished presidential authority under last week's 'constitutional addendum' raises question marks. According to the final tally, Mursi won 13,280,131 votes against 12,347,380 (a bit over 48 per cent) for Shafiq, according to the SPEC's official vote count, announced after allegations of electoral fraud – filed by both candidates' campaigns – were declared. The total number of registered voters in Egypt stands at 50,958,794. Voter turnout in the presidential runoff was 26,420,763 (nearly 52 per cent). The total number of valid ballots cast was 25,575,511, while the number of voided ballots was 843,252.
• Jun 18, 2012: Egypt Islamists claim presidency as army tightens grip, Reuters (2012) Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday 18 June its candidate won the country's first free presidential election, but a sweeping legal maneuver overnight by Cairo's military rulers made clear the generals planned to keep control for now. The Brotherhood put Morsy ahead by 52 percent to 48 on a turnout of about 50 percent.
• Jun 18, 2012: Egypt presidential election votes cast on final day, BBC (2012) This news article is about counting the votes after a second and final day of elections for Egypty's first president since Hosni Mubarak was forced from office in 2011.
• Jun 18, 2012: Egypt's military grants itself sweeping powers, BBC (2012) This news article says that Egypt's ruling military has issued a declaration granting itself sweeping powers, as the country awaits results of presidential elections. The document by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (Scaf) says new general elections cannot be held until a permanent constitution is drawn up. It also gives the Scaf legislative control.
• Jun 14, 2012: Supreme court rules Egypt's lower house be dissolved, BBC (2012) This news article says that Egypt's supreme court has ordered that parliament's lower house be dissolved following a ruling that last year's election was unconstitutional. It has ruled that a third of seats elected under the "first-past-the-post" system were "illegitimate". In a separate ruling, the court has decided that former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq can continue to run for president in elections this weekend.
• Jun 12, 2012: Egypt election boycott gains momentum, LA Times (2012) This news article says a movement to boycott this week's runoff presidential election is gaining momentum, threatening Egypt's restive transition to democracy and revealing a sharpening disdain by voters over the choice between a conservative Islamist and a holdover from the old guard.
• Jun 09, 2012: Egypt election results show opinion poll failures, Ahram Online (2012) Ahram Online charts show popular surveys were completely off-target when it came to predicting the true levels of support for the country's main presidential contenders.
• Jun 04, 2012: Runoff in Egyptian presidential elections kicks off for expats, Ahram Online (2012) This news article says that 586,802 eligible voters are expected to take part in the second round of the elections, who they have until 9 June to cast their vote.
• Jun 01, 2012: Egypt state of emergency lifted after 31 years. BBC News (2012) Egypt's state of emergency, which allowed the detention of suspects and segregated trials has been lifted after 31 years. Criticized widely by human rights activists, the lifting of the state of emergency was a major demand of protesters demanding a more democratic state.
• May 31, 2012: Egypt: Elections - A choice between Islamic dictatorship and military authoritarianism, All Africa (2012) This analysis says, for the next and final round of presidential elections, Egyptians are being asked to choose between an Islamic or military dictatorship both claiming legitimacy through the ballot box.
• May 30, 2012: Egypt: A detailed visual breakdown of the results from Egypt's first free presidential elections. Ahram Online (2012) Ahram Online presents a detailed visual breakdown of the results from Egypt's first free presidential elections. Our selection of charts and maps show which way the votes fell, dividing the results by candidates, geographical regions and political trends. Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number and only include the top five candidates. The maps and charts demonstrate which regions favoured which of the top five finalists. It shows that Delta is for Shafiq, Upper Egypt for Mursi and the Mediterranean coast for Sabbahi. All data was compiled by Ahram Online.
• May 29, 2012: Egypt: Mursi to face Shafiq in presidential runoff, Alarabiya (2012) In this news article; Egypt’s electoral commission on Monday confirmed that Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohammed Mursi would face Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, in a June presidential run-off. The electoral commission, in a televised news conference, said the turnout was 46.2 percent in the first round of the vote.
• May 29, 2012: Egypt presidential election body weighs complaints, Reuters (2012) This news article says that Egypt's election committee on Sunday 27 May, considered complaints about a presidential poll that has left voters with what many see as a painful run-off choice between an Islamist apparatchik and a throwback to Hosni Mubarak's era.
• May 29, 2012: Egypt Presidential Election 2012: Ahmed Shafiq's office attacked, Huffington Post (2012) The Muslim Brotherhood is scrambling to broaden its appeal to liberals, leftists and Christians after official results Monday 28 May showed that the Islamist group's candidate will face ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister in next month's runoff for president of Egypt. Violence flared late Monday when several hundred people ransacked the Cairo campaign headquarters of the ex-premier, Ahmed Shafiq.
• May 29, 2012: Egypt election: Hamdin Sabbahi seeks recount, BBC (2012) With Egypt's elections inconclusive in finding a leader, the candidate garnering the third highest number of votes is demanding a recount, citing elections fraud. With a run-off election scheduled, a recount could change the candidate selection available in June's Presidential race.
• May 25, 2012: Egypt: Carter praises transparency of Presidential Election, All Africa (2012) Former United States President Jimmy Carter praised Egypt's presidential election, particularly the high participation, considering it a model for the world to follow. He also pressed on the importance of empowering Egyptian women by granting them their complete legitimate rights.
• May 25, 2012: Egyptians swarm polling centres on day 2 of landmark vote, Hindustan Times (2012) Egyptians swarmed polling stations on the second day on Thursday 24 May of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule.
• May 25, 2012: Egypt election 2012 day two - live, The Guardian (2012) This news article show that: • Muslim Brotherhood candidate strong in early vote tally • National suspense points to faith in integrity of count • Turnout picked up after a slow start; claims of irregularities
• May 25, 2012: Egypt election: Rivals claim run-off places, BBC (2012) This news article says the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egyptian president, Mohammed Mursi, is likely to face former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in a run-off vote, according to partial election results.
• May 25, 2012: Will Egypt get a new interim constitution?, Foreign Policy (2012) This article examines the stability of the Egyptian Constitution among the events of this week's Presidential election.
• May 11, 2012: Egyptian expats pleased to participate in elections, Gulf News (2012) Egyptians overseas will go to the polls for a week from Friday 11 May, to vote for a new president, amidst confusion whether the presidential elections will be suspended or not. Around 60,000 out of more than 300,000 Egyptians living and working in the UAE are registered to cast absentee ballots in Egypt's embassy in Abu Dhabi and consulate in Dubai in the first free elections since Mubarak was ousted in February last year. It is estimated that more than eight million Egyptians are working and living abroad, but nearly 600,000 are registered voters overseas.
• May 11, 2012: Egyptian presidential election TV debate – as it happened, The Guardian (2012) This news is about Egypt's first-ever presidential election TV debate. The protagonists are front-running candidates Amr Moussa (former foreign minister and former head of the Arab League) and Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh (formerly of the Muslim Brotherhood) and two high-profile TV figures will be posing the questions: chat show host Mona el-Shazly and former al-Jazeera journalist Yosri Fouda. There are hopes that the debate will break new ground in Arab election coverage, with some challenging questions and serious discussion of the issues, rather than the old-style obsequiousness.
• May 08, 2012: Egypt election committee halts work after criticism, Reuters (2012) Egypt's presidential elections committee said it would stop its work in preparation for presidential elections due later this month after what it said was an insult to the committee by members of parliament during its session on Monday 7 May. The committee said in a statement it would not meet on Tuesday 8 May as planned with presidential candidates and media figures pending "suitable conditions for the meeting."
• May 04, 2012: Egypt: A guide to Egypt's pre-Election violence, Huffington Post (2012) In this article few questions and answers about Wednesday's violence in Cairo, just three weeks before presidential elections.
• Apr 30, 2012: Moussa Leads in Poll as Egypt Election Campaigning Begins, Bloomberg Business Week (2012) This news says campaigning for Egypt’s first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster began as the ruling generals were poised to announce governmental changes and the constitution-writing process faced further obstacles.
• Apr 22, 2012: Egypt: Thousands rally after presidential candidates banned, Bloomberg (2012) Thousands of Egyptians poured into Cairo’s Tahrir Square amid increasing political tensions ahead of May presidential elections, the first since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
• Apr 19, 2012: Egypt’s presidential campaigns to cost billions: analysts, Alarabiya TV (2012) This news article says Egyptian presidential candidates had started their campaigns a long time before their eligibility to run was confirmed and spent a lot of money in acquainting voters with their platforms. This, experts argued, is expected to raise the cost of presidential elections to around 1.5 billion Egyptian pounds (LE) which is about $165 million.
• Apr 17, 2012: Candidate bans may ease rancor of Egypt vote, Reuters (2012) This news article says: A move to exclude some of the more divisive contenders from Egypt's presidential election may help moderate candidates seen as better able to forge the consensus many believe can foster a peaceful transition to democracy.
• Apr 15, 2012: Egypt Disqualifies 10 Presidential Hopefuls, VoA (2012) This news article says the Egyptian election commission has barred 10 candidates from running for president, including Omar Suleiman,former spy chief under autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Khairat al-Shater, and Salafi politician Hazem Abu Ismail. The presidential elections scheduled for May 23 and 24. If no candidate secures more than 50 percent of the vote, a run-off election will take place June 16 and 17. Presidential candidates will be allowed to begin campaigning April 30.
• Apr 12, 2012: Egypt parliament divided over proposed 'disfranchisement' law, Ahram Online (2012) This news article says that lawmakers debate controversial draft law aimed at side-lining Mubarak-era figures from presidency race; Critics say bill targets Omar Suleiman,
• Apr 12, 2012: Egypt: El-Hariri to file appeal against El-Shater with elections commission, Ahram Online (2012) This news article says after taking legal measures against the former Brotherhood deputy, presidential hopeful El-Hariri appeals to Egypt's presidential electoral commission to prevent El-Shater from running in upcoming elections.
• Apr 11, 2012: Egypt: Court ruling brings constitutional crisis to climax, Ahram Online (2012) This news article says Tuesday's Supreme Administrative Court ruling abrogating the Constituent Assembly is greeted with approval by liberals but triggers mixed reactions by Brotherhood; critics question the legitimacy of the judiciary's decision. As a result, more than two dozen members announced their resignation from the assembly, including virtually all liberal and leftist representatives. Several popular demonstrations, meanwhile, were staged in the capital by activists opposed to the domination of the constitution-drafting process by a single political force.
• Apr 11, 2012: Egypt's presidency: The revolution within the Ikhwan, Aljazeera (2012) This news report says that despite wide criticism, the brotherhood along with its political arm - the FJP - ups the ante on the presidential elections.
• Apr 05, 2012: Egypt Brotherhood candidate registers for presidency, BBC (2012) In this news article, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for the Egyptian presidency has registered for the election set for late May. The Muslim Brotherhood had previously said it would not field a candidate in the vote. The deadline for registering for the election closes on Sunday 8 April. About 1,000 people are reported to have registered, including Amr Moussa, a former foreign minister and head of the Arab League, and the leading Salafist candidate Hazem Abu Ismail.
• Mar 29, 2012: Egypt: Constitution assembly elects head, another member withdraws, Reuters (2012) This news article says that Egypt's new assembly, tasked with writing a constitution, chose parliament speaker Saad al-Katatni as its head on Wednesday 28 March, and vowed to press ahead with its mission despite the withdrawal of at least 15 members who opposed its Islamist make-up.
• Mar 29, 2012: Egypt rulers lift block on Ayman Nour election bid, Reuters (2012) This news article says that Egypt's military rulers on Wednesday 28 March, lifted a ban preventing Ayman Nour from running for the presidency, opening the way for a presidential bid. Last October, an appeal court had rejected a request by Nour to overturn the ruling against him.
• Mar 28, 2012: Egypt: Brotherhood names three possible presidential candidates, Aswat Masriya (2012) This news article says that MP Mohamed Emadeddin, a member of Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee and a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, stated Monday evening 26 March, that the Islamist group will consider three names in their bid to select a candidate for Egypt's upcoming presidential polls. The short-list includes Mohamed Mursi, chairman of the Brotherhood's political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party; Saad El-Katatni, the parliamentary speaker, and the group's deputy guide, Khairat El-Shater.
• Mar 28, 2012: Egypt constitutional assembly begins work, BBC (2012) This news article says that an assembly of 100 Egyptians given the task of writing their country's new constitution has begun its work. Once the panel has produced its draft, it will be put to a referendum, which must take place before the presidential election can begin in May.
• Mar 27, 2012: Syrian Parliament calls on Assad to postpone elections, RIA Novosti (2012) This news article says that the Syrian parliament, the People’s Assembly, appealed on Monday to President Bashar al-Assad to postpone parliamentary elections set for May 7, Syrian official SANA news agency said. The elections were announced under a new constitution passed last month. The Syrian opposition said the vote would be rigged and signaled that it would boycott the poll.
• Mar 27, 2012: Egypt elections: On a mission to rebuild the country, BBC (2012) This news article is about the candidates for Presidential elections will be held in Egypt in May.
• Mar 26, 2012: Egypt Ruling Council says Brotherhood is trying to undermine it, New York Times (2012) Egypt’s ruling military council lashed out at the powerful Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday 25 March, accusing the group of trying to undermine the government and of questioning the motives of the military rulers.
• Mar 26, 2012: Egypt: Liberals and leftists resign from constitution-writing panel, Washington Post (2012) Egypt’s liberals and leftists vowed Sunday to boycott a crucial body tasked with writing the nation’s constitution, accusing Islamist parties of trying to dominate the process as the country lurched toward a political crisis.
• Mar 26, 2012: Egypt: Islamists reserve 65 seats of 100-member Constituent Assembly, Ahram Online (2012) The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting Egypt's post-January 25 Revolution constitution will be held Wednesday to prepare the main guidelines of its business in the coming weeks. Initial figures show that the assembly includes 36 Islamist parliamentarians (25 from the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party —FJP — and 11 from the Salafist El-Nour Party) out of a total 50 MPs.
• Mar 23, 2012: Egypt: Parties make nominations for Constituent Assembly elections, The Daily News Egypt (2012) This news article says that political parties and MPs announced their nominations for the Constituent Assembly members, ahead of a vote set for the joint meeting of both houses of parliament.
• Mar 22, 2012: Egypt: In U-turn, Brotherhood may bid for president, Reuters (2012) This news says the Muslim Brotherhood might make a policy U-turn and contest May's presidential election, senior members said, as the group had yet to see a name among the declared candidates it was prepared to back.
• Mar 19, 2012: Egypt: Constitution construction to include elected members of parliament, Bikya Masr (2012) This news is about setting the criteria by the Egyptian parliament on Saturday 17 March, for choosing members of the constituent assembly that will draft Egypt’s new constitution. There is also ongoing debate as to whether the constitution should be in place before or after the presidential elections.
• Mar 16, 2012: Egypt: Amendment of Presidential Elections law conforms with constitution, All Africa (2012) This news article says that the Supreme Constitutional Court said in its session on Wednesday 14/3/2012 that the bill amending provisions of the presidential elections law conforms with the provisions of the constitutional declaration issued on last March 30, adding that the High Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC), which is assigned to announce the final result of presidential elections.
• Mar 15, 2012: Egypt: HPEC says second-generation Egyptians abroad to vote in presidential contest, Ahram Online (2012) Egypt’s Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) issued a statement on Tuesday evening 13 March, in which it announced that second-generation Egyptians born overseas would be allowed to vote – for the very first time – in upcoming presidential elections.
• Mar 15, 2012: Egypt: 500 prepare to run in presidential race , The Daily Star (2012) This news article says that at least 500 Egyptians have taken the first step to run for president, a sign of the excitement generated by the country’s first presidential elections in which the outcome is in doubt, election officials said Wednesday.
• Mar 14, 2012: Egypt: Hundreds prepare candidacies as presidential election campaign kicks off This news article says that at least 500 Egyptians have taken the first step to run for president, a sign of the excitement generated by the country’s first presidential elections in which the outcome is in doubt, election officials said on Wednesday 13 March.
• Mar 12, 2012: Egypt begins first ever free presidential elections, The Guardian (2012) This news article says that Applications open for 23 May vote with Mubarak-era politicians, ex-military officers and Islamists expected to lead field.
• Mar 05, 2012: Egypt's constitution: How 5 stakeholders would shape the document, Christian Science Monitor (2012) This news article is about the main parties in Egypt which will have an effect on shaping the next Constitution of Egypt. There is much at stake including the role of Islam in the state and the power of the military. Yet for such an important document, the timeline is rushed: The constitution is expected to be put to a referendum before presidential elections, scheduled to begin May 23. Here’s what key stakeholders want Egypt’s new constitution to look like.
• Mar 05, 2012: Egypt: Expat registration for presidential poll begins Monday, Gulf News (2012) This news article is about the registration to vote for Egypt's presidential election which opens on Monday 5 March for Egyptians living in the UAE. The registration process runs until April 4.
• Feb 28, 2012: Egypt: Presidential elections calendar to be announced Wednesday, Ahram Online (2012) In this news article, Higher Presidential Elections Commission member says committee will outline the dates ‎of presidential election process in a presser late afternoon Wednesday 29 Feb, after a final ‎meeting to confirm the schedule.
• Feb 27, 2012: Egypt to select constitutional panel March 3, SF Chronicle (2012) This news article says that Egypt's ruling military council pushed ahead Sunday with plans to begin drafting a new constitution before transferring power to civilian rule, announcing that parliament will meet this week to select the panel tasked with writing the document.
• Feb 23, 2012: Egypt court rules parliament vote system unconstitutional, Reuters (2012) This news article says that an Egyptian court has ruled that the voting system that elected the new parliament was unconstitutional, creating a fresh source of uncertainty as Egypt tries to set up a governing system a year after Hosni Mubarak was toppled.
• Feb 21, 2012: Egypt delays announcing date for presidential elections, France 24 (2012) In this news article, the judicial committee overseeing Egypt’s first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster last year said it had postponed plans to schedule a final vote date on Sunday, although a committee member said it would be in the first week of June.
• Feb 16, 2012: Egypt local council elections to be held after presidential race, Bikyamasr (2012) In this news article; Egypt’s Local Council elections will be held during July or August, after the end of the presidential elections scheduled for June, Local Development Minister Mohammed Ahmed Attia was quoted as saying by the state-run MENA news agency on Wednesday 15 Feb.
• Feb 15, 2012: Egypt: Voting begins for second round of Shura Council elections, Egypt Independent (2012) In this news article; the second round of elections for Egypt’s upper house, the Shura Council, began Tuesday 14 Feb. The end of this round, after runoffs, will mark the official conclusion of polling for Egypt’s first post-Hosni Mubarak Parliament, for which elections began in late November last year.
• Feb 15, 2012: Egypt presidential elections in late May: Minister, Ahram Online (2012) This news article says that Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential election will take place in May, the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Wednesday 15 Feb.
• Feb 14, 2012: Egypt: Legislation Committee dismisses proposal for Elections before Constitution, All Africa (2012) The parliament's Legislation Committee has dismissed a proposal introduced by MP Ahmed Saeed to launch presidential elections before the drafting of a new constitution.
• Feb 10, 2012: Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Ready To Form Govt, India TV (2012) This news article says that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, which now dominates the parliament after historic the polls is ready to form a coalition government and demanded that the incumbent military-appointed cabinet be sacked as it has failed to check deteriorating security and economic situation in the country.
• Feb 08, 2012: Egypt holds runoffs for 1st-round Shura Council polls, Ahram Online (2012) This news article says that Runoff elections for the first round of polling for Egypt’s Shura Council (the upper, consultative house of parliament) will kick off Tuesday (7 Feb), according to the timetable set by the High Elections Commission. Round two of Shura Council elections will begin on 14 February.
• Feb 07, 2012: Egypt speeds preparation for presidential vote, Boston Globe (2012) This news article says that Egypt's military leader told electoral officials Monday (6 Feb) to speed preparations for presidential elections after a new eruption of street protests. Nominations for president would be accepted March 10, a month earlier than the original date. No date for elections were given, but it was an indication that the vote may be held about a month ahead of schedule.
• Feb 06, 2012: Egypt: Amr Moussa calls for presidential elections before end of April, Ahram Online (2012) This news article says that Presidential hopeful Amr Moussa has called on Egypt’s ruling military, the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), to hand over power to an elected president before the end of April.
• Jan 31, 2012: Egypt sets presidential election rules, BBC (2012) This news article says that Egypt's governing military council has set out the rules for the country's first presidential election since the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak. The rules stipulate that candidates have to be born in Egypt to Egyptian parents, not be dual nationals, and not be married to a foreigner. Candidates must also be endorsed by at least 30 MPs or 30,000 eligible voters.
• Jan 31, 2012: Egypt's army considers moving up presidential elections in face of calls for it to step down, Washington Post (2012) This news article says that Egypt’s military rulers are considering ways to speed up the transition to civilian rule, including moving up the date for presidential elections, a spokesman for a civilian body that advises the army said Monday.
• Jan 31, 2012: Egypt: Islamists Claim Majority in Elections, RIA Novosti (2012) This news article says that the Islamist Freedom and Justice Party stands to win up to 60 percent of the seats in the Egyptian parliament’s upper house, according to preliminary election results quoted by the party in a statement issued on Tuesday 31 Jan.
• Jan 31, 2012: Egyptians return to polls for upper house vote , Aljazeera-Youtube (2012) This video show that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is emerging as the strongest force in the country's new democratic politics as Egyptians head to the polls to vote for members of the upper house of parliament. When the voting is finally over, the group's Freedom and Justice party is expected to be the biggest in both houses of parliament. Islamists are likely to play a significant role in drafting the country's new constitution.
• Jan 23, 2012: Egypt election: results show Islamists taking two thirds of seats , The Telegraph (2012) This news article says that the Muslim Brotherhood won by far the biggest share of seats allocated to party lists, final results confirmed, giving it a major role in drafting the country's new constitution. The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has promised all Egyptians will have a voice in the new parliament, but Islamists are now set to wield major influence over a new constitution to be drafted by a 100-strong body parliament will help pick. Under a complex electoral system, two thirds or 332 of the seats in lower house are decided by proportional representation on closed party lists. The other third are contested by individual candidates.
• Jan 10, 2012: Islamists ahead as Egypt vote enters final leg, Reuters (2012) In this news article, Islamists aimed to cement control over Egypt's lower house of parliament as a final phase of voting began on Tuesday (10 Jan), while a secular party's plan to boycott elections for the upper chamber threatened to weaken the liberal bloc. Islamists of various stripes are expected to win 60 percent of the 498 elected seats in the assembly's lower house, with the Brotherhood taking some 41 percent, by its own count.
• Jan 03, 2012: Egyptians head to polls again in parliament vote, Reuters (2012) This news article says that Egyptians will vote Tuesday (3 December), in the third round of a parliamentary election that has so far handed Islamists the biggest share of seats in an assembly that will be central in the transition from army rule.
• Dec 22, 2011: Egyptians turn out in fresh poll round, The Australian (2011) This news article says that Egyptians trickled into polling stations in the run-off of a staggered election marred by clashes between protesters and security forces that have left 15 people dead in five days. Polling took place in a third of the country's 27 provinces, with a visibly lower turnout than in previous rounds, AFP reporters said.
• Dec 22, 2011: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says to seek civil state, Xinhua (2011) This news article say that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt is on the way to power as it ranks the first in votes based on initial results of the first two stages of voting for the People's Assembly (the lower house of parliament).
• Dec 22, 2011: Egypt Continues Voting After Violence, VoA News (2011) This news article say that voters in nine Egyptian provinces have begun voting in runoff elections in the country's multi-stage parliamentary poll, which comes after days of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in the capital. The voting Wednesday (20 Dec) is taking place in mostly rural areas to decide contests in which there was no absolute winner in elections held last week.
• Dec 20, 2011: Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote, Reuters (2011) This news article says that Egypt's two leading Islamist parties said on Sunday 18 December, their separate party lists secured about three-quarters of votes cast in the second round of a parliamentary election, extending their lead in the three-stage vote.
• Dec 18, 2011: Accusations of ballot abuse flare up as Egyptians vote in 2nd round of parliamentary elections, This news article says that Islamists and liberals accused election officials Thursday of filling out ballot forms for elderly or confused voters at some polling stations during the second round of parliamentary elections. If confirmed as a pattern, the reports could chip away at the credibility of what has so far been the freest and fairest vote in Egypt’s modern history.
• Dec 18, 2011: Egypt elections: Cairo protesters clash with army, BBC (2011) This news article says that clashes have broken out in Egypt's capital, Cairo, after the army tried to remove demonstrators staging a sit-in near the country's cabinet building. The violence comes as Egypt is holding parliamentary elections.
• Dec 14, 2011: Islamists pursue gains in Egypt's phased election, Reuters (2011) This news article says that Egypt's rival Islamist groups sought more gains in the second round of a parliamentary election on Wednesday 14 December, with liberals also fighting for a voice in an army-led transition that began with the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
• Dec 12, 2011: Egypt army affirms parliament role over constitution, Reuters (2011) This news article says that only parliament will choose the make-up of a constituent assembly, the army said which appears to be a retreating from earlier statements that riled Islamists and others when a general said unelected bodies would have a role in the selection process.
• Dec 07, 2011: Egypt: Elections in Graphics , Chicago Tribune (2011) This graphic explains Egyptian parliamentary elections, with breakdowns for how the upper and lower houses will be elected.
• Dec 07, 2011: Egypt: Islamists claim most seats in run-off vote, Reuters (2011) This news article is about the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), which has promised to work with a broad coalition in the new assembly, secured 34 individual seats out of the 45 it contested in the run-offs on Monday and Tuesday, a party source told Reuters. Official results are not expected until Thursday 8 December.
• Dec 06, 2011: Egypt: Runoff Elections Intensify Rivalry Between Islamist Parties, VoA News (2011) This news article is about Egypt which is holding a second day of runoff elections for the national parliament, with rival Islamist parties engaging in increasingly heated competition for votes in the country's two largest cities and seven other provinces.
• Dec 05, 2011: Egypt: Islamists seek to extend gains in run-off vote, Reuters (2011) This news article says that Egyptians voted on Monday (5 Dec), in run-off contests for parliamentary seats, with the Muslim Brotherhood's party trying to extend its lead over hardline Islamists and liberal parties in a political landscape redrawn by the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
• Dec 05, 2011: Egypt Holds First-Phase Election Run-Offs that may seal Islamists’ gains, Bloomberg (2011) Egyptians in Cairo, Alexandria and seven other provinces started to vote today in run-offs for the first stage of an election that may give Islamist groups the dominant role in parliament.
• Dec 05, 2011: Egyptian youth 'decimated' in parliamentary elections, says Mohamed ElBaradei, The Telegraph (2011) In this news article; Mohamed ElBaradei, the potential Egypt presidential candidate, said that the liberal youth behind the country's uprising have been "decimated" in parliamentary elections dominated by Islamists.
• Dec 03, 2011: Egypt election turnout 62 percent, protesters honour dead, Reuters (2011) In this news article; the Muslim Brotherhood, banned but semi-tolerated under Mubarak, has said its FJP expects to win 43 percent of party list votes in the first stage, building on the Islamist group's decades of grassroots social and religious work. But the Brotherhood's website also forecast that the Salafi al-Nour party would gain 30 percent of the vote, a shock for some Egyptians, especially minority Christian Copts, who fear it will try to impose strict Islamic codes on society. al-Nour said Thursday it expected 20 percent of the vote.
• Dec 03, 2011: Egypt: Brotherhood's FJP secures 40% of the vote in 1st round of Egypt's elections, Ahram Online (2011) This news article says that initial results for the first stage of parliamentary polling show the Muslim Brotherhood's FJP receiving 40 per cent of the vote, followed by Salafist parties and the liberal Egyptian Bloc.
• Dec 02, 2011: Egypt to announce initial election result at 1800 GMT, Reuters (2011) This news says that Election officials will announce results from the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary election at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Friday, state television said.
• Dec 02, 2011: Egypt awaits poll results as Tahrir protest planned, Reuters (2011) This news article says that Egypt will hear the results of elections which Islamist parties look set to win on Friday 2 Dec , and protesters have called a rally to remember 42 people killed in clashes with police last month.
• Dec 01, 2011: Egypt: Early results show a mandate for Islamists, The New York Times (2011) Islamists claimed a decisive victory on Wednesday (30 Nov), as early election results put them on track to win a dominant majority in Egypt’s first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the most significant step yet in the religious movement’s rise since the start of the Arab Spring.
• Nov 29, 2011: Egypt: Live updates: First post-Mubarak elections kick off, Ahram Online (2011) As Egyptians head to the polls in what looks to be a massive turn-out unprecedented for decades, Ahram Online provides a blow-by-blow account of Egypt's first post-Mubarak parliamentary election .
• Nov 29, 2011: Egypt: Elections: few incidents, many women at polling stations, Asia News (2011) This news article is about the Second day of elections in nine governorates. In Alexandria the great turnout of women at the polls. Few incidents recorded especially in front of female electoral centres. Muslim Brotherhood give, oil, meat and sugar to those who vote. Tahrir Square demonstrations continue.
• Nov 29, 2011: Egypt: Voting in historic Elections enters second day, The New York Times (2011) This news article says that Polls opened for a second scheduled day of voting on Tuesday (29 Nov), after unexpectedly large crowds of Egyptians defied predictions of bedlam and violence a day earlier to cast their votes in the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
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