It is difficult for any party or electoral coalition to control most of the parliamentary seats in Egypt, where there is a large number of competing parties. In the recent parliamentary election, 5,420 candidates, of which 75% (4,058) were independents, competed within the individual-seat system. This resulted in the victory of 316 independent deputies, representing 70.5% of the individual seats, and 55.6% of the total elected deputies.

The parties according to their final representation in the parliament are: Free Egyptians (65 seats), Nation's Future (50), Wafd (45), Protectors of the Nation (17), Republican People’s Party (13), Al-Mutamar (12), Al-Noor (12), Conservatives (6), National Movement (5), Democratic Peace (5), Democratic Egyptian Party (4), Freedom Party (4), My Homeland Egypt (3), Modern Egypt (3), Al-Tagammo (1) and Reform and Development (1).

Sameh Seif El-Yazal, a former military intelligence official and one of the most effective characters in the elections and the new parliament, had established the prominent but temporary For the Love of Egypt coalition. His goal was to combine the influence of the parties and independents, whatever their views, long enough to win the battle of closed lists and gain a third of the parliament. In addition to the independents, the alliance included the Free Egyptians Party, Nation's Future, Wafd, Conservatives, National Movement, My Homeland Egypt, Republican People’s Party, Al-Mutamar, Al-Tagammo, Al-Ghad and Modern Egypt.

The alliance won and the coalition members dispersed in the parliament. Then Yazal announced Dec. 1 that he was forming a new parliamentary coalition called State Support. The new group would allow him to bring together a majority capable of forming a government, in case the parliament rejects the cabinet that the president submits for approval. Yazal considers his new coalition a rival of those parties that used to belong to For the Love of Egypt, especially the Free Egyptians, funded by businessman Naguib Sawiris. Sawiris criticized the State Support coalition in a television interview.