Egypt opened polling stations for the second day Monday in Cairo and 12 other governorates for the second stage of its parliamentary elections. Voting will take place between 9am and 9pm. Public sector employees have been given a half day off to allow time for voting. The first day went smoothly, with turnout fluctuating depending on polling station. Monday marks the last day before run-offs on 1 December and 2 December. Voting abroad was concluded Sunday night. A number of 222 individual seats are contested by hundreds of candidates in the second round. For party-based lists, a total of 60 seats in two constituencies in Cairo and the Nile Delta are in play. The 13 governorates voting on Monday are Cairo, Qalyubia, Daqahliya, Menoufiya, Sharkeya, Gharebya, Kafr El-Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/170450.aspx