Dignity Party (Egypt)
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|---|---|
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| Founders | |
| Founded | 1996 (1996) |
| Split from | Arab Democratic Nasserist Party |
| Merged into | Egyptian Popular Current |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Newspaper | Al-Karama |
| Ideology | Nasserism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Civil Democratic Movement[1] National Front Alliance[2] |
| Colors | Green |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 568 |
TheDignity Party (Arabic:حزب الكرامة,romanized: Ḥizb al-Karāma) is an Egyptianleft-wingNasserist political party founded in 1996 byAmin Iskander andHamdeen Sabahi.[3]
The party first gained Parliamentary seats in the2005 Egyptian Parliamentary election. And in2011, the party joined theDemocratic 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 inthat 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 the party to form theEgyptian Popular Current. Many Dignity party members left to join Sabahi's new party.
In March 2016, thePopular Current Party merged into the Dignity Party.[4]
Ahmed Tantawi was elected chairman of the party on 25 December 2020, replacing Mohamed Samy.[5] Tantawi left the position in July 2022.[6]
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hamdeen Sabahi | 4,820,273 | 20.72% | Lost N |
| Election | Seats | Government | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | +/- | ||
| 2005 | 2 / 454 |  2 | Opposition |
| 2010 | 0 / 518 |  2 | N/A |
| 2011 | 6 / 508 | 6 | As part of Democratic Alliance for Egypt |
| 2015 | 0 / 596 | 6 | N/A |
| 2020 | 0 / 596 |  | N/A |
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