It started as a Political Organisation that was part of the single-ruling party at the time, the Arab Socialist Union (ASU). And It participated in Republican Egypt's first ever multi-faction election in 1976. It won a large majority of seats in that election becoming the largest political faction in Egypt. In 1977 It became a political party after the ASU was dissolved, and it kept being the largest party in Egypt until 1978. During that year, President Sadat announced the creation of his new political party, the National Democratic Party (NDP). Not long after that announcement, all prominent members and all members of Parliament of the EASP joined the President's new party along with other members of parliament. Only a very small faction of the party stayed and the It continued to function as a minor party, barely having any presence in Egypt's political scene.
egypt, arab, socialist, party, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jst. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Egypt Arab Socialist Party news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message The Egypt Arab Socialist Party Arabic حزب مصر العربي الاشتراكي Hizb Misr Al Arabi Al Ishtiraki is a political party in Egypt Egypt Arab Socialist Party حزب مصر العربي الاشتراكيChairpersonWahid Al Uksory last dubious discuss FounderAnwar Sadat Mamdouh SalemFounded1976 1976 Dissolved2012Merged intoCongress Party 1 2 HeadquartersCairoIdeologyIslamic socialismArab socialismPolitical positionLeft wingNational affiliationArab Socialist Union 1976 1978 Colours BlackHouse of Representatives0 568Politics of EgyptPolitical partiesElections Contents 1 History and profile 2 Electoral history 2 1 Presidential elections 2 2 People s Assembly of Egypt elections 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory and profile editThe party was established in 1976 by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and its head was Mamdouh Salem 3 He served as the prime minister of Egypt from 1975 to 1978 3 The party generally presses for preserving gains of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 It started as a Political Organisation that was part of the single ruling party at the time the Arab Socialist Union ASU And It participated in Republican Egypt s first ever multi faction election in 1976 It won a large majority of seats in that election becoming the largest political faction in Egypt In 1977 It became a political party after the ASU was dissolved and it kept being the largest party in Egypt until 1978 During that year President Sadat announced the creation of his new political party the National Democratic Party NDP Not long after that announcement all prominent members and all members of Parliament of the EASP joined the President s new party along with other members of parliament Only a very small faction of the party stayed and the It continued to function as a minor party barely having any presence in Egypt s political scene Later the party nominated its head Wahid Al Uksory to run for Egypt s first multi candidate presidential election in 2005 It was part of the Democratic Alliance for Egypt during the 2011 12 parliamentary election In 2012 The EASP along with other parties merged to become the Congress Party Electoral history editPresidential elections edit Election Party candidate Votes Result 2005 Wahid Al Uksory 11 881 0 17 Lost nbsp N People s Assembly of Egypt elections edit Election Seats Position Result 1976 295 360 nbsp 295 nbsp 1st Supermajority government As part of ASU 1979 0 392 nbsp 295 N A N A 1984 0 458 nbsp N A N A 1987 0 458 nbsp N A N A 1990 0 454 nbsp N A N A 1995 0 454 nbsp N A N A 2000 0 454 nbsp N A N A 2005 0 454 nbsp N A N A 2010 0 518 nbsp N A N A 2011 12 1 508 nbsp 1 nbsp 1st As part of the Democratic Alliance for EgyptSee also editList of Islamic political partiesReferences edit Civil powers unite to form Conference Party Egypt Independent 18 September 2012 Retrieved 16 December 2013 تيار الاستقلال يلتقي ممثلي القبائل بسيناء الثلاثاء Al Masry Al Youm 27 October 2014 Retrieved 27 October 2014 a b Roberto Aliboni 3 January 2013 Egypt s Economic Potential Routledge p 205 ISBN 978 1 135 08688 6 Retrieved 7 October 2014 External links edit 1 Facebook page nbsp nbsp This article about a political party in Egypt is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Egypt Arab Socialist Party amp oldid 1218044711, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
