Preliminary results from the first phase of Egyptian parliamentary elections, held on Monday and Tuesday, confirm initial estimates that put the Islamists as winners, according to local press reports.
In Port Said, a port city in northeastern Egypt, the list of the coalition led by the Muslim Brotherhood reached 32.5 percent of the vote, the Salafists of al-Nour 20.7 percent, a third Islamist list, Wasat, 12.9 percent.
The liberal list Wafd won 14 percent of the vote, while the Kefaya movement’s founder, George Ishaq, and figure of the opposition to the regime of Hosni Mubarak, failed to move to second round.
Also the Muslim Brotherhood achieved 30 percent of the vote in the Red Sea governorate. The figure is double the results of the Egyptian bloc, an alliance of liberal parties, the official newspaper Al Ahram said.
The Egyptian Election Commission announced last Friday that it was not yet able to publish the full results of this first phase of parliamentary elections.
Parliamentary Elections continue throughout the country until January 11 and then until March 11 for the Shura (Senate).
This Saturday in Cairo Tahrir Square and outside the headquarters of the Government the camps of activists demanding the departure of the military junta stayed put.
“All those we trusted have betrayed us, ElBaradei has disappeared and the Muslim Brotherhood, now that they have won the election, are no longer with us,” a young Mohamed, 25 years old, tells the press.
“I have not voted yet because I do not see democracy. Candidates will defend their interests, not the people,” said Mustafa Abdel Monem, a musician of 31 years as he controlled the entrance to the headquarters of the first Minister Kamal el Ganzouri, who was prime minister during the government of Mubarak.
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