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Egypt Votes Second Round of Elections
In the second stage of the first parliamentary elections, Egyptians in nine provinces have begun voting Wednesday.
Some 18.8 million Egyptians are eligible to cast their ballots in this round of the first legislative polls since a popular uprising ended Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-rule in February.
The election's first stage on November 28 saw Islamist parties crush their rivals.The Muslim Brotherhood's "Freedom and Justice" party secured 40 percent of the seats saved for proportional lists. "Al-Nur" party came in second place with 24.4 percent.
Other liberal parties, including the "Egyptian Bloc" and "El-Wafd" Party, managed 29.3 percent.
The elected parliament will play a key role in drafting a new constitution for the country.
The document will define the future powers of competing democratic institutions after decades of autocratic rule.
Under a complex system, two-thirds of the 498 elected lower house seats go proportionately to party lists, with the rest going to individual candidates, who must win more than 50 percent of votes in the first round to avoid a run-off.
The parliament's lower house vote will not be completed until January, while the army will not hand over full powers until after a presidential election in mid-2012.
Source:News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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