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Voter turnout
About 50 million people were eligible to vote out of a population in excess of 85 million – with candidates from 50 registered political parties.[51] The overall voter turnout was 54%.[52]
[edit]First phase
In the first phase of election, the voter turnout was 59%.[53]
- First phase, 28–29 November
Large crowds turned out at the polling stations for the first stage of the polls. Such a turnout prompted the election committee to extend the hours of polling by two hours to end at 21:00.[54] A majority of the protesters in Tahrir square who had been at the sit-in[clarification needed]after deadly clashes a week earlier, left their sit-in to join the polls before returning to Tahrir Square, although some boycotted the election.[citation needed]
Even before the government gave the official figures, the FJP's observers estimated a turnout of about 30 to 32 percent, for the first day, in the 9 governorates that voted in the first phase, while in Cairo, turnout was reported at about 27 percent. An "exceptionally high turnout" was also reported in the governorate of Asyut, especially among women.[55] On the second day of the first round, independent monitors placed the turnout at over 50 percent, while a spokesman for the military said that it could exceed 70 percent, maybe even reaching 80 percent. Abroad, turnout was around 60–70 percent according to the Egyptian foreign minister,[56] and when reading the official results the head of the election committee stated that the overall turnout was 62%, "the highest number since the days of Pharaoh."[57]
- First phase run-offs, 5–6 December
The turnout was relatively low according to Al Jazeera, one of the reasons was that the Egyptians were not given a day off as they were given on 28–29 November.[58]
[edit]Second phase
- Second phase, 14–15 December
Early reports on the voting turnout indicated a high turnout of long waiting lines,[59] a repeat of the first PR phase voting day.[60][61] The turnout for the first round was 65%.[62]
- Second phase run-offs, 21–22 December
Turnout for the run-offs of the second phase was 43%.[62]
[edit]Third phase
Voter turnout was 62%.[63]
[edit]Results
Many individual candidates did not receive the required 50% vote during the first phase, and therefore faced a run-off on 5 December. Even before the official results for each party or coalition-list were released, it was thought, by various[which?] international channels as well as leaks from people involved in the count, that the Freedom and Justice Party, led by the Muslim Brotherhood, was expected to receive around 40% of the vote and al-Nour would get between 15–30 percent. The Election Commission announced the participation of 62% of eligible voters, "the highest number since the days of Pharaoh".[64]
In the second phase of the election, many[who?] analysts predicted a similar result as that of the previous phase due to the more conservative, poor, and rural nature of the second phase electoral districts.[65] State television reported the initial result, with the FJP in the lead and al-Nour following in second place.[66][67]
Toward the third phase it was clear that it would be a continuation of the Islamist trend that emerged from the two previous phases.
After the third phase, on 21 January 2012, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces appointed the remaining 10 MPs.[68]
[edit]Combined results
Note that various media sources report slightly different numbers. This is due to the fact that many "independents" and appointed MPs are party members, or joined established parties. In addition, some smaller parties fielded candidates on the official lists of larger allied parties.
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| Party | Ideology | Votes | Vote % | PRSeats | FPTPSeats | Total Seats | Component Parties | |
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| Democratic Alliance for Egypt (led by the Freedom and Justice Party) |
Islamist - Muslim Brotherhood |
10,138,134 | 37.5 | 127 | 108 | 235 | Freedom & Justice Party: 213 Dignity Party: 6 Ghad El-Thawra Party: 2 Civilization Party: 2 Islamic Labour Party: 1 Egyptian Arab Socialist Party: 1 Egyptian Reform Party: 1 Affiliated Independents 9 |
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| Islamist Bloc (led by Al-Nour Party) |
Islamist - Salafi | 7,534,266 | 27.8 | 96 | 25[69][70] or 27[71] |
121[69][70] or 123[71] |
Al-Nour Party: 107 Building & Development Party: 13 Authenticity Party: 3 |
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| New Wafd Party | National liberal | 2,480,391 | 9.2 | 37 | 4 | 41 | ||
| Egyptian Bloc | Social liberal | 2,402,238 | 8.9 | 33 | 2[69] or 1[71] |
35[69] or 34[71] |
Social Democratic Party: 16 Free Egyptians Party: 15 Progressive Unionist Party: 4 |
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| Al-Wasat Party | Moderate Islamist | 989,003 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| The Revolution Continues Alliance | Leftist | 745,863 | 2.8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | Socialist Popular Alliance Party: 7 Freedom Egypt Party: 1 Equality & Development Party: 1 |
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| Reform and Development Party | Liberal | 604,415 | 2.2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Freedom Party | NDP offshoot | 514,029 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| National Party of Egypt | NDP offshoot | 425,021 | 1.6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Egyptian Citizen Party | NDP offshoot | 235,395 | 0.9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Union Party | NDP offshoot | 141,382 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Conservative Party | NDP offshoot | 272,910 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Democratic Peace Party | NDP offshoot[72][73] | 248,281 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Justice Party | Center | 184,553 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Arab Egyptian Unity Party | NDP offshoot | 149,253 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nasserist Party | NDP offshoot | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Independents | Independents | - | - | - | 21[71] | 21[71] | ||
| Total elected | elected MPs | 27,065,135 | 100.00 | 332 | 166 | 498 | ||
| SCAF appointees | non-elected MPs | - | - | - | - | 10 | ||
| Total | MPs | - | - | - | - | 508 |
Sources:Ahram Online,[69] Al-Masry Al-Youm,[70] Al-Ahram[71][74]
Source:wikipedia.com
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