Egypts muslim brotherhood is leading in initial, partial parliamentary election results but faces stiff competition from more hardline islamic groups and a liberalsecular alliance. Egyptian parliamentary elections held april 78 attracted scant foreign notice and extremely low voter turnout at home. Feb 14, 2011 cairo ap egypt s long banned muslim brotherhood said tuesday it intends to form a political party once democracy is established, as the countrys new military rulers launched a panel of. Islamist mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood was elected president of egypt with 51.
Egypts muslim brotherhood takes early vote lead the. Scroll forward to around 1 minute 35 minutes for football style jubilation. Islamists win 70 percent of the vote in second round of. From the 1980s to the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2011 and 2012, the muslim brotherhood in egypt outperformed the secular opposition movements during that time. Explaining the muslim brotherhoods electoral success in. The protesters on cairo streets include members of the muslim brotherhood. Egypts muslim brotherhood claims victory in election. Islamists win 70 percent of the vote in second round of egypt elections unofficial results put muslim brotherhood ahead with 39 percent of the vote, salafi al nour with 31 percent. Jan 21, 2012 the final results show the muslim brotherhood claiming 47 per cent of the lower house. Following the 2011 egyptian revolution, the muslim brotherhood in egypt became one of the. Judges monitoring the vote count say the political arm of the islamist muslim brotherhood, egypt s largest and bestorganized group, could win as many as 45 percent of the seats up for grabs. Muslim brotherhood and egypts parliamentary elections.
Fearful that the mb would make more gains, further threatening the mubarak governments hold on power, elections were postponed for two years in 2006. Muslim brotherhood is at the heart of gulf standoff with qatar. Early results from egypts first postrevolutionary elections indicate the muslim brotherhoods freedom and justice party will emerge as the biggest winner. Muslim brotherhood takes egypts presidential election wjla. We may find the muslim brotherhoods agenda to be extremist, even abhorrent. Cairo the blazeap egypts muslim brotherhood was leading in initial, partial results from egypts parliamentary elections but it was facing stiff competition in many. Muslim brotherhood students lose ground in egypts university. Muslim brotherhood claims victory as military consolidates power however, recent moves by the egyptian military leave the nation largely in the hands of the generals. Some analysts have minimized the muslim brotherhoods prospects for success by pointing to polls suggesting that the group the largest and.
The groups election win could determine egypt s future in many ways given that the new parliament is to appoint a committee to draft a constitution that many islamists want based in part on principles in the quran. The results were a bitter disappointment to those in egypt and abroad, who hoped. Inspired by islamic reformers muhammad abduh and rashid rida, he believed that islam had lost its social. What poll results reveal about brotherhoods popularity. Muslim brotherhood capitalizes on egypt vote cbs news. Much of the gulf sees qatar as a source of instability, and its backing for the muslim brotherhood is right at the heart of that complaint. Mohamed morsi, the candidate from the muslim brotherhood, was declared the winner of the egyptian presidential election on sunday. Muslim brotherhood wins engineers union elections in. Muslim brotherhood in postmubarak electoral politics of egypt. The muslim brotherhood was founded in 1928 by hassan albanna, an egyptian schoolteacher, who preached implementing traditional islamic sharia law in all aspects of life, from everyday problems to the organization of the government. Dec 01, 2005 the muslim brotherhood, an officially banned political movement that seeks to implement islamic law in egypt, has surprised analysts with its strong showing in egypts ongoing parliamentary.
Egypts muslim brotherhood calls for election boycott. Muslim brotherhood wins 47% of egypt assembly seats the new. As a result, each constituency was to be represented by two deputies, one of them. Apr 03, 2018 after the results of the february 16, 2018 elections for the engineers union in the jordanian city of alzarqa were announced i. Egypt the muslim brotherhoods mohammed morsi has become egypts first freely elected president after a. Ahead of the runoff election there were calls, in the parliament and. Muslim brotherhood claims victory in egypt elections. Islamist mohammed morsi was declared the winner sunday in egypts first free presidential election in. Where are the islamists in egypts upcoming parliamentary. Jun 20, 2011 egypt elections expose divisions in muslim brotherhood. Egypt muslim brotherhood uturn sets election agenda. Supporters of the muslim brotherhood s candidate mohammed morsi have continued their sitinprotest ahead of the result, according to video from photojournalist cliff cheney. Muslim brotherhood muslim brotherhood uprising and electoral success. The fact is, the ikhwan as the muslim brotherhood is called in arabic engaged in some pretty undemocratic behavior in the election that brought it to power in june 2012.
At cairo university egypts oldest and largest muslim brotherhood students gained fewer seats than other political groups five compared to seven in the third stage of elections, by which. The egyptian muslim brotherhood carnegie endowment. The government incarcerated thousands of rankandfile muslim brotherhood members in a wave of arrests and military trials, the harshest such security clampdown on the brotherhood in. After days of delay for the results of its presidential runoff, egypt has announced mohammed morsi as the winner of the election and the countrys.
He also put a draft constitution to a referendum that opponents complained was. Egypt election results put muslim brotherhood ahead world. Muslim brotherhood expected to lead in egypt poll results. Apr 07, 2008 the muslim brotherhood, egypt s largest opposition force, called on egyptians on monday to boycott local council elections due on tuesday in protest at the disqualification of most of its candidates. It inspired alqaeda founder osama bin laden and his deputy ayman alzawahri, an egyptian and former member of the brotherhood. However, egypts ruling military council took steps to keep control of the country whether morsi or his opponent, former prime minister ahmed shafiq, wins the election.
The party won almost half the seats in the 201112 parliamentary elections, and its candidate, mohamed morsi, won the june 2012 presidential election. Muslim brotherhoods morsi wins egypt presidential election. Dec 01, 2011 the fundamentalist brotherhood is emerging as the biggest winner in partial results from the first voting this week in egypt s landmark election, in which voters turned out in unexpected droves. The final results for egypt s parliamentary elections are in, and while there are no surprises, the muslim brotherhood exceeded expectations by capturing 47 percent of the vote. In the 2000 parliamentary elections, the muslim brotherhood won 17. Unlike in 2005, when it made gains that shocked the egypts ruling party, the opposition muslim brotherhood wound up boycotting these elections in the face of a government crackdown. Egypt elections expose divisions in muslim brotherhood the. Aug 30, 20 egypt s muslim brotherhood may have won every democratic vote since 2011, but the results do not tell the whole story, says the bbcs middle east analyst nicholas wade.
Muslim brotherhoods mohammed morsi wins egypt faces an era of unprecedented cohabitation government after mohammed morsi, a leader of. The muslim brotherhood, egypts largest opposition force, called on egyptians on monday to boycott local council elections due on tuesday in protest at. The brotherhood gained 47% of the seats in a 2011 peoples assembly election and were egypts largest political organisation following the january 2011 revolution, but the muslim brotherhood. Parliament will holds its first session in just two days time. Egypts muslim brotherhood takes early lead in first post. Regardless of the final election results, the muslim brotherhood will. May 25, 2012 cairo the candidate of egypts muslim brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, according to partial results friday from egypts first genuinely competitive presidential election. Member of egypt%27s muslim brotherhood%3a transition plan will take the country back to %22square one%22.
Muslim brotherhood top winner in egyptian election. Cairo muslim brotherhood candidate mohammed morsi claimed a narrow victory early monday in egypts first free presidential election, hours after the ruling military council further expanded its control over the country by granting itself war powers, raising new questions about what authority the president would actually have. Muslim brotherhood celebrates egypt election victory photos. At cairo university egypts oldest and largest muslim brotherhood students gained fewer seats than other political groups five compared to seven in. How much power will the muslim brotherhood yield in next week. Muslim brotherhood win sets up army fight the muslim brotherhood, long repressed by egypts military dictatorship, claimed victory in the race to choose its first. Aug 23, 20 the fact is, the ikhwan as the muslim brotherhood is called in arabic engaged in some pretty undemocratic behavior in the election that brought it to power in june 2012. Nov 30, 2011 egypt s muslim brotherhood is leading in initial, partial parliamentary election results but faces stiff competition from more hardline islamic groups and a liberalsecular alliance. Muslim brotherhoods mursi declared egypt president bbc news. Nov 24, 2010 egypt cracks down on muslim brotherhood ahead of elections sundays elections are shaping up to be less free than the last vote in 2005, when the brotherhood tripled its seats in parliament. Nov 30, 2011 egypt election results put muslim brotherhood ahead this article is more than 8 years old analysts says preliminary results suggest freedom and justice party could win as many 40% of seats in new.
The egyptian muslim brotherhood movement mb, which has been officially. It began as an attempt to place islamic teaching at the center of life and carry out. Egypt election results put muslim brotherhood ahead. Jun 20, 2016 the audacious decision of tunisias ennahda movement to separate politics and religion has raised the question of whether egypts muslim brotherhood would follow ennahdas course. It was founded in the 1920s to fight the british who controlled egypt. In egypt, muslim brotherhoods charitable works may drive. Muslim brotherhood candidate declares victory in egypt. A look at egypts muslim brotherhood candidate on monday, the muslim brotherhood announced their candidate mohamed morsi had won the presidential elections in. Push for retribution in egypt frays muslim brotherhood the. Jun 25, 2012 supporters of muslim brotherhood \s presidential candidate morsy stand among ambulances during celebrations for his victory in the election at egypt museum near tahrir square in cairo reuters.
Egypt election results put muslim brotherhood ahead this article is more than 8 years old analysts says preliminary results suggest freedom and justice party could win as many 40% of seats in new. The brotherhood stayed on the sidelines of this weeks protests by secular liberal groups demanding the country. Cairo the blaze ap for months, egypts muslim brotherhood has focused singlemindedly on this moment parliamentary elections beginning monday that the fundamentalist group is expected to dominate. Egypt elections expose divisions in muslim brotherhood.
Mohammed mursi, head of the muslim brotherhoods freedom and justice party, told reporters outside a polling center in cairo on november 29 that the next government must be put together by a. Egypt cracks down on muslim brotherhood ahead of elections sundays elections are shaping up to be less free than the last vote in 2005, when the brotherhood tripled its seats in parliament. Apr 11, 2008 in 2005, the muslim brotherhood mb egypts largest and best organized opposition group sent shockwaves through the egyptian ruling party when it won 20 percent of seats in parliament. It has prided itself for decades on a nonviolent and election. The muslim brotherhood will not dominate egypts election. Following the 2011 egyptian revolution, the muslim brotherhood in egypt became one of the main forces contending for political power in egypt against the supreme council of the armed forces scaf and other established centers of the former hosni mubarak regime the parliamentary election in november 2011 to january 2012 resulted in dominant parliamentary representation for the freedom and. Egyptians bewildered over support for muslim brotherhood.
Egypts election commission announced today that the muslim brotherhoods candidate, mohammed morsi, had won the countrys first contested presidential election, making him. The election march, or maseera, is deceptively simply but, at the. A document released in the egyptian media on wednesday outlines the islamist movements proposed candidates for top positions in egypts next administration. How much power will the muslim brotherhood yield in next. Explanations for this are varied, with scholars claiming that it is the.
Nov 18, 2011 on november 16, i observed a brotherhood election march in ard alliwa, one of dozens occurring simultaneously across egypt. As egypt prepares for the presidential election next month, a late entry to the race, the muslim brotherhoods khairat alshater, looks like he might steal the show entirely, yolande knell reports. Egypts muslim brotherhood candidate advances to second round. The announcement on sunday night came as early presidential election results put the muslim brotherhoods mohamed morsi ahead of his. Muslim brotherhoods mohammed morsi wins egypts presidential race. Morsi was thought to represent the older and more conservative wing of the brotherhood and was suspected by opponents of wanting to impose fundamentalist theocracy. Muslim brotherhood takes egypts presidential election. The muslim brotherhoods freedom and justice party topped winners with 37% of the nearly 10 million valid ballots cast for party lists in the first of three electoral.
The muslim brotherhood is moving back underground, where it had been for decades, as it struggles to. Jun 24, 2012 we may find the muslim brotherhoods agenda to be extremist, even abhorrent. How egypts muslim brotherhood is already winning the atlantic. Muslim brotherhood win sets up army fight the muslim brotherhood, long repressed by egypts military dictatorship, claimed victory in. Muslim brotherhood down, not out, in egypt usa today. Muslim brotherhoods morsi named egypts president cbs news. Mohamed morsi, the candidate backed by the muslim brotherhood, won egypt s presidential election, according to the results announced on june 24, 2012 by the election commission.
Elections and future of the muslim brotherhood stratfor. Explanations for this are varied, with scholars claiming that it is the result of factors such as the brotherhoods superior organizational power 1 or the special power of islam 2. Jun 24, 2012 final results are expected from the higher presidential election commission hpec by 21 june, but are expected to arrive much earlier. Following the 2011 egyptian revolution, it first had great success. Muslim brotherhood celebrates egypt election victory photos brotherhood supporters shout slogans against the ruling military council.
In egypt, muslim brotherhoods charitable works may drive political support. Jun 25, 2012 after days of delay for the results of its presidential runoff, egypt has announced mohammed morsi as the winner of the election and the countrys new president, the associated press reports. Egypts muslim brotherhood calls for election boycott reuters. The anatomy of a brotherhood election march is easy to. Cairo the candidate of egypts muslim brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, according to partial results friday from egypts first genuinely competitive presidential election. After hesitating briefly, the muslim brotherhood s senior leadership endorsed the movement and called on its members to participate in demonstrations. Also, by aligning itself with the muslim brotherhood in 1984, it showed itself as a. Apr 30, 2011 egypt s muslim brotherhood has set up a new party to contest up to half the seats in a parliamentary election scheduled for september. Dec 25, 20 profile of egypt s muslim brotherhood, which is perhaps facing the most serious crisis in its 85year history after the overthrow of president mohammed morsi.
Mohamed morsi of muslim brotherhood declared as egypts president. He was an author, educator, islamist theorist, poet, he is best known for spreading ideas of what an islamic state would look like and what he believed to be the social and political role of islam. The brotherhood was founded in 1928 in egypt by hasan albanna, a schoolteacher and islamist intellectual. Policymic will be following the results of the election live. Egypts muslim brotherhood conservatives win vote reuters. It launched a civic political partythe freedom and justice partyto contest elections, which it described as having the same mission and goals, but different roles than the brotherhood, and agreeing to honor all egypts international agreements. Democracy, elections and the egyptian muslim brotherhood by.
Brotherhood leaders also accused the government of changing the final count to lead to a victory for the ruling party. The muslim brotherhood declared early monday that its candidate, mohammed morsi, won egypts presidential elections this weekend, though the official results wont be published until thursday, cbn news reports. Jun 24, 2012 the muslim brotherhood s mohammed mursi has been declared the winner of egypt s presidential election runoff. In january 2011 a nonreligious youth protest movement against the mubarak regime appeared in egypt. The fundamentalist brotherhood is emerging as the biggest winner in partial results from the first voting this week in egypts landmark election, in which voters turned out in unexpected droves. Aug 06, 2015 the brotherhood, founded in egypt in 1928, is the movement that defined political islam and remains its central reference point. Muslim brotherhood tops egyptian poll result news al jazeera. In egypt, the muslim brotherhood a sunni islamist religious, political, and social movement is. Nov 24, 2011 the brotherhood was long repressed under mubarak but it built up egypt s largest and most disciplined political organization, with tens of thousands of members around the country, as well as a network of charities providing food, money and medical care to the poor.
Egypts presidential election looks set to go to a runoff in which a muslim brotherhood candidate may face a former regime member, as vote counting continues. The head of the freedom and justice party says it will be a. Egypt election results put muslim brotherhood ahead this article is more than 8 years old analysts says preliminary results suggest freedom and justice party could win. Egypts main opposition group announced the results of an election for its governing body and analysts said most of the 16 members are conservatives, signaling that it will reduce its role in. The protests soon forced mubarak to step down as president in.
Jun 24, 2012 egypt faces an era of unprecedented cohabitation government after mohammed morsi, a leader of the muslim brotherhood, was declared the winner of the presidential election. The election results were expected because of preliminary tallies after. The state delayed local council elections from 2006 to 2008, disqualifying most muslim brotherhood candidates. Aug 10, 2011 among the results was the conclusion that egyptians are most likely to voice support for the muslim brotherhood, but not at a level much higher than that for mubaraks deposed national democratic. Egypt cracks down on muslim brotherhood ahead of elections. The movement, which was for decades the most powerful opposition party in egypt, is now facing tremendous challenges and struggles not only to. Egypts muslim brotherhood candidate advances to second. It seems clear that the big bad brotherhood isnt much more popular in egypt than it is on fox news, wrote max fisher in his article muslim brotherhood is deeply unpopular in egypt, which. Cairo ap islamist candidate mohammed morsi declared victory monday in egypts first free presidential election since hosni mubaraks.