CAIRO: Polling stations in Cairo's Heliopolis neighborhood witnessed a huge flow of voters this morning, the first day of elections for the People's Assembly, the lower house of Egypt's bicameral parliament. It is Egypt's first election since the January 25 Revolution toppled the country's three-decade dictator and his regime. Thousands of voters formed long lines waiting for doors to be opened for voting. Armed forces and police forces gathered outside the committees to secure them. Many elderly men went to vote for the first phase in Heliopolis, where police and army forces provided them places to rest in until their turn. Heliopolis Preparatory School for girls was still closed as of 9:30am because the delegates of the committees had not arrived, which led to many crowds outside the committees. Polling stations should have opened at 8am. There were some clashes between citizens and one of the army forces. Journalist Adel Hamouda tried to calm down the situation. Hanouda assured that opening the doors for voting needs the numbers of the delegates to be completed or two of the youth monitor the electoral process until the end of the voting process. RELATED STORIES: - Voters close Nasr City, Qolaly polling stations due to unstamped electoral papers - High voter turnout in Cairo's Shubra neighborhood - Egypt elections live updates: Cairo - Embassies begin counting expats' votes - Crowds gather outside polling stations, waiting for doors to open - Half-hour delay at Maadi polling stations due to absence of electoral committee delegate - Egypt's first round of parliamentary elections kicks off - Elections postponed in second individual constituency in Asyut Arabic here
