Egypt Elections Update

Final results of the first round of elections haven't yet been announced, but it looks as if about half of the seats will go to runoff, though most of those will be between competing NDP candidates. Some 27 Muslim Brotherhood candidates will go to runoff; so will a few Wafd and Tagammu&lslquo; (a leftist party) candidates. So far only three Wafdists, one Tagammu‘ and one Social Justice candidate have been elected outright. Turnout is supposed to have been either 25% of 35%, depending on the report, though observers suggested only 15% turned out.