Runoff for parliamentary elections in nine governorates today

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Runoff for parliamentary elections in nine governorates today

By YOUM7 STAFF – Translated by AMANY SABER
Runoff of the first phase of the parliamentary elections will be held in nine Egyptian governorates today December 5. Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta, Port Said, Red Sea, Kafr el- Sheikh, Asyut, Luxor and Fayoum will have polling stations ready for the voters.

It is going to be a matter of whether the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) will sweep the runoffs or an electoral fight will stay as dispute between political forces.

There will be a total of 45 FJP candidates participating in the runoffs today.

Meanwhile those who won the first phase in the elections, such as Amr Hamzawi, Akram al-Shaer and Mostafa el-Barry already have their parliamentary membership cards. They completed their personal data in People’s Assembly hall.

The competition between the FJP and al-Nour Salafi Party is very tough.

On the other side, the Judges’ Club announced the military council is about is issue a decree to count the ballots in sub-polling stations rather than general polling stations during the second and third phases of elections.

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