07:40 a.m. Freedom and Justice Party candidate Yousri Bayoumi is close to a worker (labor) seat win without a runoff election. This is as a result of six hours of vote counting. Hafiz Sada, Khaled Hanafy and Mohamed el-Akaad are still competing fiercely for the group seat. On the group lists, the Freedom and Justice Party is pulling them most votes, followed by the Egyptian Bloc and the al-Nour Party Salafi Party. The vote counting is ongoing in the eighth constituent, which includes: El-Khaleeda, Mokattam, Sayeda Zeinab, Masr el-Qadeema and Dar el-Salaam. 6:29 a.m. Preliminary vote counting indicates that a runoff election may be necessary for the individual seat in the ninth constituent, which includes Helwan, Maadi, Basateen, Tebein, May 15 and Ahmed el-Droy. The competition right now is between Mostafa Bakri, Ahmed el-Droy and independent candidate Nasser Amin. Ramadan Omar, a Freedom and Justice Party candidate, today won the labor seat. The preliminary results on the lists' elections show the Freedom and Justice Party taking the majority of votes, followed by the al-Nour Salafi Party and the Egyptian Bloc. 3:45am Judge Moataz Khafagy, the Head of the Vote Counting Committee in Cairo's first electoral district, suspended the sorting process and left the committee due to chaos. The committee members closed ballot boxes and stopped the sorting process. The committee heads left, accompanied by the Armed Forces to secure the ballot boxes. Early vote counts in the Cairo district of Heliopolis indicated that Amr Hamzawy still leads the race, followed closely by the Freedom and Justice Party's candidate. 1:00am Initial indications after counting votes in Cairo's Sixth Electoral District, put political activist Gameela Ismail and Egyptian block candidate Mohamed Hamid leading the vote count. The Freedom and Justice Party showed a clear lead on the party-list portion of voting. Vote counting is expected to finish at 3:00 am.
