Egypt’s Ruling Party Sweeps First Round of Election
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Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party swept the first round of parliamentary elections while its main Islamist rival failed to win a single seat, the national elections commission said.
The party of President Hosni Mubarak won 209 of the 221 seats decided in the voting on Nov. 28, official results on the website of the electoral commission showed. Runoffs for the remainder of the seats in the 508-member assembly will be held Dec. 5. The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s biggest opposition group, said its candidates didn’t win any seats outright.