[2] Members such as Karima El-Hefnawy and chairman Ahmed Bahaa El-Din Shaaban were prominent leaders of the Kefaya movement.

"[4] The party has a membership of over 1000,[5] with branches established in cities such as Mansoura, Aswan and Luxor as well as Cairo and Alexandria.

[5] In addition to involvement with the ongoing protests in Tahrir Square, members of the Egyptian Socialist Party are also involved with such issues as the rights of inhabitants of informal settlements in Cairo, and helped in organising protests and strikes amongst these communities in August 2011.

For the 2011-2012 parliamentary election, the Egyptian Socialist Party joined the "Revolution Continues" alliance.

[6] The party had originally entered the Egyptian Bloc alliance, but withdrew shortly before the elections.