Runoff for parliamentary elections in nine governorates today
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 ...
