Preliminary results show that the Freedom and Justice Party and Salafist Al-Nour Party are leading in the second stage of the parliamentary elections in six of the nine governorates.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), and Salafist party Al-Nour Party so far seem to have the upper hand in the second phase of the ongoing People Assembly (lower house of Parliament) elections.
According to preliminary results, the FJP has emerged the winner in the votes for electoral lists in Giza governorate. Al-Nour Party have come second, the Egyptian Bloc came third.
The FJP candidates in Giza’s first, second and fifth constituencies are also leading in the independents contest.
The fierce competition lies in the third constituency between political analyst Amr El-Shobaky and the FJP’s Ahmed Darrag.
The story of the front runners is repeated in the governorate of Sharqiya where the FJP garnered 45 per cent of the votes for electoral lists, followed by Al-Nour on nineteen percent. The liberal Al-Wafd party and moderate Islamist Al-Wasat came third and fourth respectively.
The FJP also came ahead of the Nour Party in the governorates of Ismailiya, Menofiya and Beheira while the Al-Nour Party sprang a surprise in Suez, winning around fifty percent of the electoral lists’ votes.
[Developed in partnership with Ahram Online.]
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