Egypt: Final Results, P.M. Responds to Criticism
December 6th, 2010 by Jason
The final results of Egypt’s parliamentary elections have been announced. From Al Masry Al Youm: “Final parliamentary election results showed that the ruling National Democratic Party won 440 seats out of 508 possible seats.” The leftist Taggamu party won five seats and “Al-Ghad, Al-Gil, Al-Salam and Social Justice won one seat each.” The Wafd Party and the Muslim Brotherhood, both of which boycotted the second round, managed to win six and one seat respectively. Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif defended the elections saying “‘I challenge anyone who claims there was interference by police or any other body in the election […] The criticisms leveled against the elections did not refer to a specific incident that we can focus on.’”
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