The Brotherhood
may lose nearly
100 assembly
seats as a result
of the court’s
decision
Thursday.

Parliament bans
top Mubarak
officials from
presidential race

The law banning former Mubarak officials from seeking the presidency was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, allowing Mr. Shafik to remain in the race.

It is unclear if the ruling invalidates Mr. Morsi’s nomination, which depends on the Parliament’s endorsement of his candidacy.

Ahmed Shafik A former Air Force general and the last prime minister appointed by President Hosni Mubarak before his ouster, is among the candidates barred from running. But an appeal to the Supreme Court allows him to remain in the race.

Omar Suleiman, Hosni Mubarak’s former vice president, was said to have failed to meet the signature requirement to qualify for the ballot.

Hazem Salah Abu Ismail,
a leader of the ultra- conservative Salafi Party, was disqualified because his mother had been an American citizen.

Mr. Shater was ruled ineligible because of a past criminal conviction.

Mr. Shafik gained popularity promising to use his military know-how to restore the social order.

Mohamed Morsi,
the Muslim Brotherhood’s backup candidate, after Mr. Shater was disqualified.

Ultraconservative
Islamist bloc
about 125

Coalition dominated by
the Muslim Brotherhood
235 seats

Election
authorities
bar top
presidential
contenders

First round of
presidential
elections

Court ruling
dissolves the
Parliament

Brotherhood
nominates a
presidential
candidate

Islamists win
the majority
of seats in the
Parliament

Khairat el-Shater The Muslim Brotherhood breaks a pledge not to seek the top office and nominates its chief strategist and financier as a candidate. Mr. Shater, a millionaire business tycoon, was a political prisoner until March 2011.