Asalah's parliamentary presence shrinks to 3 seats in the 2010 election

Asalah's representation in the Council of Representatives declined steadily — 7 seats (2002), 4 (2006), 3 (2010) and 2 (2014) — as it remained a loyalist Sunni Salafi bloc backing the government against the predominantly Shia opposition. Its three seats in the October 2010 election came on the eve of the February 2011 uprising, during which Asalah sided firmly with the monarchy.

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Islamic Asalah Society

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Gara, T. (2026). Asalah's parliamentary presence shrinks to 3 seats in the 2010 election [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/5e109948-6c30-4165-8c30-6990fa3f3baf

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@misc{tayyar-event-5e109948-6c30-4165-8c30-6990fa3f3baf,
  title     = {{Asalah's parliamentary presence shrinks to 3 seats in the 2010 election}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/5e109948-6c30-4165-8c30-6990fa3f3baf},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2010-10-23. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2010-10-23. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.