PRESS STATEMENT
INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE ON ELECTION MONITORING

Opening of the Polls

Sunday, November 20, 2005 11:00AM

The Independent Committee for Election Monitoring (ICEM), a coalition of sixteen NGOs led by the Ibn Khaldun Center is deploying a total of 5,000 observers to monitor the voting process for the Parliamentary election. ICEM is aimed at providing for the ..

Up till now, 32 MB’s Nominees participate in run-off election

 Ikhwan online

The outcome of the second phase of the parliamentary election shows that 32 of the Moslem Brotherhood’s nominees will participate in run-off election, on Nov 26. 1- Suez: The Moslem Brotherhood’s candidate in Qator district, Ali Labn, who got 17787 votes, will contest the National Democratic Party..

The Moslem Brotherhood Leads in 2nd Round of Election

Essam el-Erian, an influential member of the Moslem Brotherhood, stated that the movement wins 13 seats, out of 144, allotted to the second round of the parliamentary vote. He added that 35 of the Moslem Brotherhood nominees, at least, for some voting results have not announced yet, will contest for run-off ballot on Nov 25. On the o..

Heshamt threatens to ask for International Investigation

Gamal Heshamt, the Moslem Brotherhood’s nominee in Damanhor, threatened to hold an international investigation over the results of his second round of parliamentary vote. He asserts that the initial results of the vote-count showed a great margin in his favor, but Mustafa el-Feqy, the nominee of the National Democratic Party, was ..

Continuation of Frauds

 The second round of the parliamentary vote is a new episode in the series of rigging. The chairman of the general electoral commission in Damanhor district announced the nominee of the National Democratic Party, Mustafa el-Feqy, who got 6.000 votes, as winner despite of the immense margin between him and the Moslem Brotherhood’s candidate, Gamal Heshmat, who..

Egypt’s Islamists arrested but gain seats

By Dan Murphy and Sameh Naguib

CAIRO, EGYPT – After unprecedented success for the Muslim Brotherhood in the first round of Egypt’s three-stage parliamentary election, Hosni Mubarak’s regime appeared to be taking no chances in Sunday’s second round, held in the northern city of Alexandria and surrounding towns in the Nile delta.
Thug..

Muslim Brotherhood Wins Big In Egypt Elections

Damanhur, Egypt (AHN) - According to partial results announced Monday, the Muslim Brotherhood has won at least eight seats in the second round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections.

The wins bring the Brotherhood’s total so far to 42 seats, a large jump from the 15 it had in Egypt’s outgoing parliament.

The ruling National..

Romance in Egypt is over
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Police arrested 400 Muslim Brotherhood activists in a crackdown on the Islamist group which poses the strongest challenge to the ruling party in Egyptian legislative elections on Sunday.

Armed thugs also attacked Brotherhood supporters and blocked them from voting in the second stage of elections which will decide 144 seats in p..

Egypt arrests 450 opposition members
ALEXANDRIA — Police arrested over 450 opposition activists in a crackdown on a group which poses the strongest challenge to the ruling party in Egyptian legislative elections yesterday.

Armed thugs also attacked opposition supporters and blocked them from voting in the second stage of elections which will decide 144 seats in parliament, elect..

NDP Loses Big to Muslim Brothers in 2nd Round

 
The transparent electoral boxes did not stop fraud and rigging claims.

 
By Hamdy Al Husseini, IOL Correspondent

CAIRO, November 22, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) emerged as the frontrunner in Egypt’s second round of general elections, grabbing 13 seats, out of a total 22 that were set..

Review of the Egyption press about Elections

Egypt’s opposition al-Wafd daily reported Monday unregistered "mentally handicapped" voters cast their ballots in the country’s second round of legislative elections.

The liberal paper, owned by al-Wafd Party, said an independent local rights group reported the "mentally retarded" were brought to vote in favor of the Preside..

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Gains Support

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

Associated Press Writer

  The banned Muslim Brotherhood locked up about one-quarter of the parliamentary seats open in two rounds of balloting, according to results released Monday - an unexpectedly strong sign of Egypt’s increasing turn toward conservative Islam and dissatisfaction with the U.S.-allied r..

Once again, the Muslim Brothers!
Tuesday 22 November 2005 09:58.
By Mahgoub El-Tigani

Nov 21, 2005 — Aside from a wide discontent with the results of the elections, the Egyptian elections reflected a successful manipulation and leadership by the Muslim Brotherhood of the liberal mode of Egyptian voters versus the dominion of al-Hizb al-Watani, the State’s ruling party. Interesting..

The Final Result of the MB’s Nominees in 2nd Round

In spite of violence, thuggery and fraud, which marred the second round of the Egyptian parliamentary election, the Moslem Brotherhood achieved gains. Thirteen nominees of  the Moslem Brotherhood win, according to official figures; 7 in Alexandria, two in Ismalia, two in el-Garbia, one in both el-Behar..

Islamist gains in Egypt give Washington pause
Staff and agencies
22 November, 2005
 
 
By Jonathan Wright

CAIRO - The United States inadvertently helped Egypt‘s Islamists make strong electoral gains this month and is now rethinking the wisdom of pressing rapid democratic change in a major Arab country, analysts said on Tuesday.
The Muslim Brotherhood, maki..

300 of the Brotherhood were Released

By Ahmed Fatthy

On Tuesday, 22 Nov, a prominent member of the Moslem Brotherhood announced that 300, out of 450 Brotherhood’s members who were detained before and in the course of the second round of the parliamentary vote, were set free.

"Their release is a positive step and we hope the remaining detain..

The Torture of 6 Boys

By Monir Adeeb

In the morning of the polling day of the second phase of the parliamentary vote, 20 Nov, six young men were arrested in Kafer el-Ziat City of el-Garbia governorate. Their charge was making propaganda to the Moslem Brotherhood’s nominee, Hussein el-Shora.

The young men were detained in the police station w..