Egyptian Electoral Commission Announces Results of Parliamentary Election

  • 12/16/2022
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Cairo, Safar 28, 1433, Jan 22, 2012, SPA - Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party alongwith Al Nour party have won about 70% of the seats in the Egyptian election for the lower house of parliament, according to electoral commission figures released Saturday. The Freedom and Justice Party won 235 seats and the conservative Al Nour party gained 121 seats in the People's Assembly, according to final results. The assembly consists of 498 elected members. Ten others are chosen by the country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. It is the country's first elected body since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak last year. The body will convene on Monday, according to a report of CNN. The members are expected to vote for the speaker of the house and his two deputies. --SPA 11:37 LOCAL TIME 08:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/963402

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