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MEMRI Daily-February 3, 2012:

People's Assembly Elections in Egypt Yield Victory for Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis;

Egyptian Activist Criticizing the Supreme Military Council

before Disappearing in Prison

The following is research published today from the MEMRI Special Dispatch Series and TV Monitor Project. People's Assembly Elections in Egypt Yield Victory for Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis; Downfall for Liberals, Left, and Revolutionary Youth Egyptian Activist Ahmad Duma Criticizing the Supreme Military Council before Disappearing in Prison Inquiry & Analysis No. 792—Egypt People's Assembly Elections in Egypt Yield Victory for Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis; Downfall for Liberals, Left, and Revolutionary Youth By: L. Lavi* Egypt's recent elections for the People's Assembly, the first free elections held in the country since the January 25, 2011 revolution, yielded a clear victory for the Islamists – the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Salafi parties – whereas the secular-liberals and the left, and the fledgling parties of the country's youth, women, and Copts, suffered a crushing defeat. The Democratic Alliance for Egypt, headed by the MB's Freedom and Justice party, won 235 of the total 498 seats in the People's Assembly (47.2%); the Islamic Alliance, a coalition of Salafi parties headed by the Al-Nour party, won 123 seats (24.7%); the Al-Wafd party won 38 seats (7.6%); the Egyptian Bloc coalition won 34 seats (6.8%); the Revolution Continues coalition and the Al-Wasat party won 10 seats (2%) each; and the parties established by former National Democratic Party (NDP) members won about 5% of the seats jointly. Twenty-one parties in the running failed to reach the minimum threshold. The new People's Assembly includes 10 women (2%), two of whom were appointed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) as part of its right to nominate 10 of the Assembly members (2%). As for Coptic candidates, six were elected to the People's Assembly and another five were appointed by the SCAF. To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6052.htm. Special Dispatch No. 4471–Egypt Egyptian Activist Ahmad Duma Criticizing the Supreme Military Council before Disappearing in Prison Following are excerpts from statements made by Egyptian activist Ahmad Duma, which aired on Al-Alam TV on December 19, 2011. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3293.htm. Ahmad Duma: "I consider the armed forces to be occupation forces. I was in Gaza and had to deal with the Zionist occupation forces, and I challenge you to cite anything done by the Zionist occupation forces to the Palestinians that was as filthy, as despicable, and as lacking in manliness and honor as what the armed forces did in the past few days." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6053.htm.