Saturday could be the D-day for Egypt when its first of the three-stage parliamentary election results would come out. Initially, the results were expected to be declared on Thursday. Then the date of the Egypt parliamentary poll results was deferred to the next day, Friday, calling the huge turnout as the official reason for the delay. A recent announcement by the Supreme Council of Egypt’s present military regime has confirmed that Egyptians would have to wait for another more day, i.e. Saturday, to know the poll outcome. The official reason cited this time is delay in counting of votes in some constituencies.
This week, Egypt went to poll on Monday and Tuesday for the election of representatives for the lower house of the parliament. The large turnout for the two days of Egypt parliamentary elections has been estimated at 62 percent, though many have questioned its veracity. Till now, Muslim Brotherhood led Freedom and Justice Party and the ultraconservative Al Noor Salafi Muslim Party seem to be in a commanding position. If either of these parties gets to the seat of power, that would further strengthen the dominance of Islam-oriented parties in the Middle East.
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