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16-607: The party first gained Parliamentary seats in the 2005 Egyptian Parliamentary election . And in 2011 , the party joined the Democratic Alliance for Egypt , which won a Majority of seats in that election. later in May 2012, The Party's leader and presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, came in third in that year's election , but couldn't make it to the runoff election in June. In late 2012, Hamdeen Sabahi, The party's Chairman by that time, left

32-460: A total estimated population, as of January 2023, of 5,500,507 . In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name. al-Gharbiyya is an Arabic term meaning "Western one" or "Western side". In the 13th century it comprised 165 villages. The 15th-century geographer al-Qalqashandi describes the region as fertile and prosperous. El Mahalla El Kobra was the provincial capital until 1836, later succeeded by Tanta . The region

48-477: Is notable for the cultivation of cotton , and its textile industry. In 1960, the governorate numbered 1,815,000 inhabitants. According to population estimates, in 2015 the majority of residents in the governorate lived in rural areas, with an urbanization rate of only 30.0%. Out of an estimated 4,751.865 people residing in the governorate, 3,324,630 people lived in rural areas as opposed to only 1,427,235 in urban areas. In 2016, Switzerland committed to funding

64-485: Is one of the governorates of Egypt . It is located in the north of the country, south of Kafr El Sheikh Governorate , and north of Monufia Governorate . Its capital is Tanta , which is 90 km north of Cairo , and 120 km south east of Alexandria . The largest city in Gharbia is El Mahalla El Kubra . The total area of Gharbia governorate is 1,942 km . The governorate is divided into municipal divisions , with

80-553: The 222 constituencies . Official registration for the candidates began on October 12, 2005. The role of the police is restricted to maintaining peace and order at the polling stations without interference in the voting process or entering the voting stations. The first stage was held on Wednesday November 9, with run-off elections on Tuesday November 15 with 10.7 million registered voters covering 8 Egyptian governorates: Cairo , Giza , al-Minufiyah , Bani Suwayf , Asyut , al-Minya , Matruh and al-Wadi al-Jadid The second stage

96-833: The African Union [REDACTED] Member State of the Arab League Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt in three-stage elections in November and December 2005 to elect 444 of the 454 members of the People's Assembly . The elections formed the Eighth Assembly since the adoption of the 1971 Constitution . A total of 5267 candidates competed in 222 constituencies for the Assembly's 444 elected seats. They came only two months after

112-614: The course of the elections hundreds of voters were wounded and more than 1000 arrested, mainly supporters of the Brotherhood. By the end of the elections the overall death toll stood at 13. On 12 December 2005 President Mubarak appointed ten members of the Assembly. Of the appointed, five are men, five are women and four of them are Copts . The appointed members were: Al Gharbiyah Governorate Gharbia Governorate ( Arabic : محافظة الغربية Muḥāfaẓat al-Gharbiyya , IPA: [elɣɑɾˈbejjɑ, -jæ] , "the western governorate")

128-521: The first multi-candidate presidential elections in Egypt's history, the previous voting procedure being by referendum . Although the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) maintained its majority and control of the Assembly with 311 seats (72%), unprecedented gains were made by the Muslim Brotherhood who took 88 seats, while the rest of the opposition took 24 seats. Ten further seats are appointed by

144-524: The following seat distribution in the Seventh Assembly: Initially the NDP scored only 40% of the seats, but many independents switched their political affiliation back to NDP giving it its soaring majority. Officially, the campaign period starts immediately after the announcement of the final list of candidates and ends one day before election day . In case of run-offs, it restarts the day following

160-449: The governmental National Council for Human Rights (NCHR). Over 30 human rights organizations, civil society groups and NGOs pledged to monitor the elections. The judiciary asked the civil society organizations to form a "National Authority for monitoring elections" that would monitor the elections. Also this authority would replace the wooden ballot boxes with transparent ones (this was done this year), put surveillance cameras inside

176-846: The party to form the Egyptian Popular Current . Many Dignity party members left to join Sabahi's new party. In March 2016, the Popular Current Party merged into the Dignity Party. Ahmed Tantawi was elected chairman of the party on 25 December 2020, replacing Mohamed Samy. Tantawi left the position in July 2022. This article about a political party in Egypt is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2005 Egyptian parliamentary election Atef Ebeid NDP Ahmed Nazif NDP [REDACTED] Member State of

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192-809: The polling stations that would provide constant monitoring of the election process (currently under study and is done partially by the media) and to air the vote count live on state television. Mubarak's regime attempted to tightly control the parliamentary elections in favour of his NDP, where a range of violations were recorded and many people were killed. One human rights organisation observed how police security forces closed 100 polling stations in four Governorates (Al-Sharqia, Al-Daqahlia, Damiatta, Kafr El Sheikh), where they also prevented supporters of opposition candidates from entering stations that remained open, while allowing NDP supporters in (Al-Bahrian School, Abu Hamaad Constituency, Al-Sharqia Governorate, Rafah poll station (second Constituency), North Sinai Governorate. In

208-439: The president, while 12 were still undecided at the end of the final round awaiting court rulings. Further importance is attached to these elections as a party must achieve 5% of the seats in the Assembly to field a candidate in the next Egyptian presidential elections in 2011. The election process ran in the three stages from November 7 to December 9, 2005 using single member plurality , with over 32 million registered voters in

224-407: The results day to end the day before election day. Campaign expenditures are limited to not more than £E 70,000, with restrictions of any foreign financial assistance or endorsements. Restrictions are also put on using public utilities (transportation, buildings, public sector companies, as well as companies with government-owned shares). The official monitors of the elections are the judiciary and

240-481: The second phase run-off elections, 26 polling stations were closed down in five Governorates (Alexandria, Port Said, Fayoum, Al-Behira and Qena). In the second and third rounds, lines of police officers in riot gear blockaded numerous polling stations in Muslim Brotherhood strongholds, where supporters fought back, hurling stones and molotov cocktails. In one day, security forces killed eight people, while over

256-619: Was held on Sunday November 20, with run-off elections on Saturday November 26 with 10.5 million registered voters covering 9 Egyptian governorates: Alexandria , al-Buhayrah , al-Isma'iliyah , Bur Sa'id , as-Suways , al-Qalyubiyah , al-Gharbiyah , al-Fayyum and Qina . The third stage was held on December 1, with run-off elections on Wednesday December 7 with 10.6 million registered voters covering 9 Egyptian governorates: ad-Daqahliyah , ash-Sharqiyah , Kafr ash Shaykh , Dimyat , Suhaj , Aswan , al-Bahr al-Ahmar , South Sinai and North Sinai . The 2000 parliamentary election resulted in

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