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Islamists sweep early results in
Egypt vote
Muslim Brotherhood and hardline Salafis win more than
half of seats in first round of parliamentary election.
Last Modified:
04 Dec 2011 14:35
Islamist parties captured an overwhelming
majority of votes in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary
elections, setting up a power struggle with the much weaker
liberals behind the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak
10 months ago.
The Nour Party, a hardline religious group that wants to impose
strict Islamic law, made a strong showing with nearly a quarter
of the ballots, according to results released on Sunday. |
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| he tallies offer only a partial indication of
how the new parliament will look. There are still two more
rounds of voting in 18 of the country's 27 provinces over the
coming month and runoff elections on Monday and Tuesday to
determine almost all of the seats allocated for individuals in
the first round. But the grip of the Islamists over the
next parliament appears set, particularly considering their
popularity in provinces voting in the next rounds.
The High Election Commission said the Muslim Brotherhood's
Freedom and Justice Party garnered 36.6 per cent of the 9.7
million valid ballots cast for party lists. The Nour Party
captured 24.4 per cent.
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n Saturday, the military-appointed prime minister, Kamal al-Ganzouri,
announced that he would pick a new cabinet on Wednesday.
Ganzouri was chosen by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed
Forces (SCAF) after the previous military-approved interim
government resigned following a bloody crackdown on protesters
in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Religious agenda
The strong Islamist showing worries liberal parties, and even
some religious parties, who fear the two groups will work to
push a religious agenda. It has also left many of the youthful
activists behind the uprising that ousted Mubarak in February
feeling that their revolution has been hijacked.
Since Mubarak's fall, the groups that led the uprising and
Islamists have been locked in a fight over the country's new
constitution. |
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