Cairo: The results of post-Mubarak polls in Egypt showed that the two Islamist groups in Egypt leading with over 60 percent, country’s elections officials announced on Sunday.
According to the High Election Commission the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) leading with 36.6 percent of the valid ballots cast, with the ultraconservative Nour party closely trailing with 24.3 percent.
The results indicate that the liberal Egyptian Bloc garnered 13.3 percent of the votes in the country’s first elections after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in February.
This week’s voting will determine the membership of about 30 percent of the 498-seat assembly. Ballots are cast over three rounds for both party lists and individual candidates.
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