Islamist Bloc

The Islamic Block (Arabic الكتلة الإسلامية ), formally the Alliance for Egypt, was a party alliance of Islamist political parties in Egypt, which was founded in the run-up to the parliamentary elections in Egypt 2011/2012.

It consisted of two Salafist parties - the Party of the light and the authenticity party - as well as the construction and Development Party, which is the political wing of the Islamic community (al- Jama ʿ a al - Islamiyya ). The foundation of the alliance was publicly announced on 3 November 2011.

Election results

In the parliamentary elections in Egypt 2011/2012 of the Islamic bloc won 7,534,266 of a total of 27,065,135 valid votes, or almost 27.8 % of the total votes. The alliance thus obtained 96 seats of a total of 332 in the Egyptian parliament. The 96 seats were divided between members of the alliance as follows:

• Party of Light: 83 seats
• Construction and Development Party: 10 seats
• Authenticity Party: 3 seats

In addition, independent candidates won the party of the light 28 seats of a total of 168 seats elected by majority vote. In addition, three members of the Construction and Development Party were elected as independent candidates.

Thus, the Islamist bloc in 2012 won a total of 127 seats out of a total of 498 ( 25.5%) in the Egyptian parliament, thus it became the second largest political force in parliament after the Democratic Alliance for Egypt, which was headed by the also Islamist Freedom and Justice Party.