Egypt's first-round runoff sees low participation
- 12 years ago
Egyptian voters in nine governorates have returned to the polls to select parliamentary candidates in a host of run-off races left over from the November 28 first-round election. Only four candidates out of a possible 56 won outright during the initial balloting.
Voters in each district will choose two candidates over the course of the Monday and Tuesday voting. Such invididual-race districts will make up one-third of parliament's lower house, the People's Assembly, while list districts where parties run set slates of candidates will make up two-thirds.
Most run-offs are between Islamists: candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood's powerful Freedom and Justice Party versus those from the hardline Salafi Nour Party.
Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from Cairo.
Voters in each district will choose two candidates over the course of the Monday and Tuesday voting. Such invididual-race districts will make up one-third of parliament's lower house, the People's Assembly, while list districts where parties run set slates of candidates will make up two-thirds.
Most run-offs are between Islamists: candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood's powerful Freedom and Justice Party versus those from the hardline Salafi Nour Party.
Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from Cairo.