Cairo, Safar 14, 1433, Jan 8, 2012, SPA - The Chairman of Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections in Egypt, Abdulmu'ez Ibrahim announced last night that the voting percentage of the first round of the third stage of parliamentary elections 2011 - 2012 amounted to 62%. He explained in a press conference that the total number of people who cast their votes reached 8,656,657 out of 14,039,300 citizens entitled to vote at this stage. The elections were held in 9 provinces on last Tuesday and Wednesday. --SPA 11:25 LOCAL TIME 08:25 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/959414