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Articles of the author Pol Ó Grádaigh
Freedom and Justice Party sweeps
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood-backed Freedom and Justice Party is sweeping the boards in the run-off contests for 50 individual seats in the Egyptian parliament, as the Salafis fail to attract support beyond their own voting base. With results (...)

07 - 12 - 2011
Exclusive analysis: First round voting may give 85 of 168 seats to FJP and allies
CAIRO: Bikyamasr.com's analysis of the figures officially released to date for the first phase of the Egyptian elections suggests that the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and its allies in the Democratic Alliance may (...)

06 - 12 - 2011
Polls close for Egypt's run-off elections
CAIRO: Polls have now closed in the run-off votes for 50 seats in Egypt's new parliament, marked by a much lower turn-out than the initial round a week ago. After the first day of voting on Monday evening, the Freedom and Justice Party, the (...)

06 - 12 - 2011
Only four parliamentarians elected so far, as Egypt announces poll numbers
CAIRO: Egypt's Supreme Electoral Committee has announced the results of the first round of voting for the country's new parliament. Only four members of parliament have been officially elected, with candidates for the remaining 52 first-round (...)

02 - 12 - 2011
As election results emerge, Egypt's parties make sense of their new standing
CAIRO: The political fall-out of the first round of the Egyptian parliamentary elections continues, with reports in the Egyptian press that the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, is hoping to form a government (...)

01 - 12 - 2011
Free Egyptians Party documents electoral violations
CAIRO: The Free Egyptians Party, one of the members of the Egyptian Bloc electoral alliance, has listed a series of what it claims are violations of electoral procedures, as polls opened for parliamentary elections in Egypt on Monday. They have (...)

28 - 11 - 2011
Egypt Center for Human Rights: Almost 400 electoral violations documented so far
CAIRO: The Egypt Center for Human Rights (ECHR) has released a statement on electoral violations, reported to it as of 2:30PM on Monday. The Center says that despite the security presence at polling stations, a large number of candidates (...)

28 - 11 - 2011
Muslim Brotherhood says polling was fair, secure
CAIRO: The Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, says it is happy with how the first phase in the Egyptian parliamentary elections is proceeding. The party's general secretary, Muhammad al-Katatny, welcomed the (...)

28 - 11 - 2011
Egypt's political forces unite in Tahrir against military council
CAIRO: If upcoming parliamentary elections had once divided Egypt's political forces, the military's actions in trying to clear demonstrators from Tahrir Square by force have to some degree reunited them. Since the first moves to clear the square (...)

21 - 11 - 2011
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