Egypt: Between Sharia law and anarchy
Egyptian officials say voter turnout for the opening round of parliamentary elections has been the highest-ever in the country "since the pharaohs". Exit polls suggest that the Muslim Brotherhood have secured some 40-45 per cent of the votes.
Voter turnout was 62 per cent as announced by the head of the election committee. The announcement follows a two-day delay in publishing the outcome and the result still failed to paint a full picture, with the vast majority of candidates now set to contest a run-off.
Abdel-Mooaez Ibrahim did not announce the full results but welcomed the turnout as “the highest since the time of pharaohs.” More than 8 million voters of some 14 million have cast their ballots in the first round of parliamentary elections..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/news/egypt-vote-results-islamists-835/
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lalong patay ang mga kababaihan ng ehipto pag naging theocratic ang bansa nila. sasabihin ninyong mas mainam pa sa panahon ni mubarak....
"This is certain to create a bad mood among Egyptian secularists. The Muslim Brotherhood is moderately Islamic, and the Salafi have even stricter views on religion. There were fears that the two would form an alliance and turn Egypt into a theocracy, but so far the two political movements have been keeping their distance.
"It is the first election held since the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak in February. It is being conducted in three stages. This week, polling was undertaken in nine out of 27 provinces, including Cairo and Alexandria. Future voting will be in rural areas, where Islamists traditionally have stronger support than in the cities, and is bound to increase positions of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis."
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