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Ahram-Online - CAIRO: The second round
of Egypt's parliamentary election was held in the country on Sunday and
Monday, 22 and 23 November, bringing the victory in the election to the
"For the Love of Egypt" Party.
"For the
Love of Egypt" electoral list has secured 15 seats in East Delta
constituency with no competition, but preliminary results also show it will
likely win 45 seats belonging to Cairo, Middle and South Delta constituency in
Egypt's parliamentary elections.
For candidates
running on an individual basis, most constituencies are witnessing run-offs
between candidates. Run-offs are due to take place on December 1 and 2.
Voting took
place for residents in Egypt on Sunday and Monday, and for Egyptians abroad
Saturday and Sunday.
General
Coordinator of For the Love of Egypt Sameh Seif El-Yazal said that after 25
percent of the votes were counted in secondary polling stations in East Delta,
the list exceeded the 5 percent limit required to secure the constituency's 15
seats - as no other list is competing.
"Those are
preliminary indicators and we respect the Higher Electoral Committee, and are
waiting for final results it will issue," Seif El-Yazal said, Ahram Arabic
website reported.
Preliminary
results show the list has also been at the forefront in the constituency of
Cairo, Middle and South Delta.
The Higher
Electoral committee has not issued final results yet.
Party-based
lists are allocated 120 seats in the parliament. In the first stage, all 60
seats were secured by 'For the Love of Egypt.'
The list is an
absolute list, which means that a list that gets over 50 percent of the vote
wins all seats in the constituency.
The seats
contested by candidates running on an individual basis constitute 448 seats in
the parliament.
If a single
candidate secures over 50 percent of the vote, he wins a seat. Otherwise,
run-offs take place between two candidates over each seat.
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