Consciousness Party

{{short description|Political party in Egypt}}

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| country = Egypt

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| name = Consciousness Party

| native_name = حزب الوعي{{Cite news|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/early-second-round-results-fjp-nour-party-lists-top|title=Early second round results: FJP, Nour Party lists on top|agency=Egypt Independent|date=16 December 2011|accessdate=17 August 2014}}

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| leader = Mahmoud Taher{{Cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/108561/Egypt/Politics-/Democratic-Current-alliance-to-merge-with-Wafd-all.aspx|title=Democratic Current alliance to merge with Wafd alliance for Egypt's elections|agency=Ahram Online|date=16 August 2014|accessdate=17 August 2014}}
Shady El-Ghazaly Harb (formerly){{Cite news|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2012/03/05/activists-form-egyptian-council-to-unite-revolutionary-front/|title=Activists form Egyptian council to unite revolutionary front|agency=Daily News Egypt|date=5 March 2012|accessdate=25 October 2014}}
Hossam Badrawy (formerly){{Cite news|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/tuesdays-papers-striking-teachers-attacked|title=Tuesday's papers: Striking teachers attacked|agency=Egypt Independent|date=20 September 2011|accessdate=17 August 2014}}

| foundation = 2011

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| native_name_lang = ar

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| seats1_title = House of Representatives

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|568}}

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The Consciousness Party, also translated as the Awareness Party,{{Cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/108236/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-secular-electoral-blocs-halved-into-two-aft.aspx|title=Egypt's secular electoral blocs halved into two after Moussa's withdrawal|agency=Ahram Online|date=11 August 2014|accessdate=17 August 2014}} is a political party in Egypt founded in 2011. The party was originally part of the Egyptian Bloc alliance that ran in the 2011–2012 Egyptian parliamentary election,{{Citation|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/18933/Egypt/Politics-/-Liberal,-leftist-and-Sufi-forces-create-electoral.aspx|title=14 Liberal, leftist and Sufi forces create electoral bloc in Egypt|newspaper=Ahram Online|date=15 August 2011|accessdate=17 August 2014}} though only three parties (the Free Egyptians Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and the Tagammu Party) were ultimately part of that alliance.{{Citation|title=Liberal Egyptian Bloc launches its 2011 election campaign|newspaper=Ahram Online|date=1 November 2011|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/0/25800/Egypt/0/Liberal-Egyptian-Bloc-launches-its--election-campa.aspx|accessdate=17 August 2014}} The party was almost last in Ismailia Governorate during that election.

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