Egyptians Vote for New Parliament

World | November 9, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00

Egyptians have gone to the polls to choose a new parliament. Election officials said that preliminary estimates showed the turnout was higher than in the September presidential polls, but still low overall. Opposition groups need at least 23 seats to have the right to field a candidate against President Hosni Mubarak's ruling National Democratic Party in the next presidential election, Deutsche Welle reported. But the ruling NDP, which had more than 85% of the seats in the old parliament, is expected to win a large majority.

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