Democratic Alliance for Egypt, or Democratic Alliance, was a coalition of political parties in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

, formed in the wake of the

2011 Egyptian Revolution The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...

. The largest party in the group was the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party.

Affiliated parties

Democratic Generation Party The Democratic Generation Party or Hizb El-Geel al-Democrati ( ar, حزب الجيل الديمقراطي) is a political party in Egypt. The Democratic Generation Party can be considered a mainstream political party. Overview The party was found ...

Egyptian Arab Socialist Party The Egypt Arab Socialist Party ( ar, حزب مصر العربي الاشتراكي , rtl=yes ) is a political party in Egypt. History and profile The party was established in 1976 and its head was Mamdouh Salem. He served as the prime minister o ...

* Ghad El-Thawra Party * Dignity Party * Labour Party *

Ahrar Party Ahrar or al ahrar (Arabic, 'free ones' or 'liberals'), singular al hurr, or variants, may refer to: Organisations and political parties *Ahrar Party (Azerbaijan), 1918–1920 * Liberal Socialists Party ''(Hizb al-Ahrar)'', Egypt, founded 1976 *Ah ...

Egyptian Reform Party The Egyptian Reform Party ( ar, حزب الإصلاح) is a Salafi political party. The party is made up mostly of young Salafis. A spokesperson for the party, named Essam Abdel Baset, has stated that the party will rely on scholars from Al Az ...

* Reform and Renaissance Party * Freedom and Justice Party * Safety and Development Party

History

The Alliance was originally made of fifteen parties, including

Freedom Egypt Party The Egypt of Freedom Party (; transliterated: ''Hizb Masr Alhureyya'') is a political party in Egypt which was founded on 18 May 2011 by Amr Hamzawy and a group of Egyptian youth after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 The 2011 Egyptian revo ...

, the leftist

National Progressive Unionist Party The National Progressive Unionist Party ( ar-at, حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي, Ḥizb al-Tagammu' al-Watani al-Taqadomi al-Wahdawi, commonly referred to as Tagammu) is a socialist political party in Egypt. Origi ...

(Tagammu), the Salafi-affiliated

Al Nour Party ) , foundation = , newspaper = The New Light , headquarters = 601 Horrya Way, Zezenia, Alexandria , ideology = SalafismIslamismWahhabismMadkhalism , position = Far-right , colours = Blue, red, wh ...

, and the centrist Justice Party. Later the Democratic Front Party and Tagammu parties split off to join the left-leaning

Egyptian Bloc The Egyptian Bloc ( ar, الكتلة المصرية, ') was an electoral alliance in Egypt. It was formed in August 2011 by several liberal, social democratic, and leftist political parties and movements, as well as the traditional Islamist Suf ...

. By the start of the elections on 28 November 2011, only 11 parties remained in the alliance, including the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, the Nasserist Karama Party (Dignity), the Ghad El-Thawra Party, the Labor Party, the

, the

and several smaller parties. The parties differ on domestic policies but are united in supporting a more nationalistic, less Israel-friendly foreign policy. The Democratic Alliance coalition is effectively defunct. The Freedom and Justice Party will not run under the Democratic Alliance coalition. The Ghad El-Thawra Party is now part of the

Conference Party The Conference Party ( ar, حزب المؤتمر المصري), or Congress Party, is a secularist political party in Egypt. It was created by the merger of five liberal and leftist parties, as well as remnants of the former NDP-regime. The Co ...

. The Dignity Party has joined the National Salvation Front (NSF). In preparation for the 2013 Elections, the Civilization Party will join the

Centrist Coalition The Centrist Coalition was a centrist electoral alliance in Egypt made up of the Civilization Party and the Wasat Party . The coalition originally included more parties, including: El-Sarh El-Masry Party, Ghad El-Thawra Party, the Virtue Party, t ...

, and the

will join the NSF.

Results of the Parliamentary elections

In the 2011/2012 parliamentary elections, the Democratic Alliance won 10,138,134 votes out of 27,065,135 correct votes, or roughly 37.5% of all votes. The Alliance thus received 127 seats out of 332 in the Egyptian Parliament. The 127 seats were divided between members of the Alliance as follows: * Freedom and Justice Party: 116 seats * Dignity Party: 6 seats * Ghad El-Thawra Party: 2 seats *

Civilization Party The Egypt Civilization Party, or El-Hadara, is a small, secular, liberal political party established in Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country s ...

: 2 seats *

Egyptian Islamic Labour Party The Egyptian Islamic Labour Party ( ar, حزب العمل الإسلامي, Ḥizb al-ʿamal al-islāmī al-Masri), previously the Socialist Labour Party ( ar-at, حزب العمل الإشتراكي, Ḥizb al-ʿamal al-ishtirākī), is an Egyptia ...

: 1 seat In addition, independent candidates of the Freedom and Justice Party won 101 seats out of the 168 seats allocated for independent candidates. Thus, the Democratic Alliance won a total of 228 seats out of 498 (45.8%) in the 2012 Egyptian Parliament, thus becoming the largest political bloc in the parliament.

References

{{Egyptian political parties Defunct political party alliances in Egypt Organizations established in 2011 Organisations of the Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)

Affiliated parties

History

Results of the Parliamentary elections

See also

References