In the first democratic experience after Egypt's January 25 Revolution, Egyptians participated in the runoffs of first phase of parliamentary elections in nine Egyptian governorates on Monday December 6 and Tuesday December 7. Many experts noted the runoff round witnessed weak turnouts of voters compared to the first round of elections. Others praised the total participation of Egyptians during the first phase, such unprecedented participation reflects the awareness and the importance of Egyptians' choices during the upcoming period. The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) dominated the majority of parliamentary seats during the runoff round conducted recently in the eight governorates of Egypt, gaining 24 seats out of 38 individual seats for which candidates competed. Al-Nour Salafi Party managed to gain five seats during the runoff, equaling the independent candidates, while Al-Wafd Party, the National Party of Egypt, the Egyptian Citizen Party and the Freedom Party managed only gained one seat each. In Alexandria, four districts witnessed competition for eight seats. The FJP won four seats; independent candidates won three seats, while al-Nour Salafi Party gained only one seat. Judge Mahmoud al-Khodairy, independent candidate supported by the MB, gained the professional seat of Alexandria's second district while al-Mohamedi Sayed Ahmed, FJP candidate gained the workers seat. Independent candidate, Hosny Dowidar, won the professional seat of Alexandria's first district, while Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa, FJP candidate won the workers seat. In Alexandria's third district, FJP candidate Mahmoud Ateya Mabrouk and Saber Aboul Fotouh dominated both the individual professional and workers seats there. Esaam Hassanen, Al-Nour Salafi Party candidate, won the professional seat, in Alexandria's fourth district, while independent candidate Essam Mahmoud, won the workers seat with 155,000 votes. FJP dominated the parliamentary seats in Fayoum during the runoff round, gaining six seats from three districts. Adel Ismail and Hamdy Taha gained the seats of Fayoum's first district, Osama Yehia and Sayed Gabr dominated the seats of Fatoum's second district, while Gamal Hamza and Faqzy al-Yamani took the seats of the third district. Islamists gained all parliamentary seats in the competition during the runoff round in Assiut. FJP gained 6 seats, while both Al-Nour Salafi Party and Gammaa Islameya candidates managed to gain two seats. Bayoumi Ismail, Al-Nour Party candidate, gained the workers seat in Assiut's first district, while Amer Abdel Rahim, Gammaa Islameya candidate, gained the workers seat of Assiut's fourth district. FJP candidates dominated the other six individual seats in Assiut, including Samir Khashaba, Mohamed Salama Bakr, Mohamed Moder, Abdel Aziz Khalaf, Abdallah Sadek and Hassam Ali Abdel Aal. Kafer el-Sheikh witnessed runoff round in three districts, Al-Nour Saladi Party candidates, Mohamed Ibrahim Mansour and Mohamed Safaan, dominated the two seats of the first district, while FJP candidates, Mohamed Amer and Ashraf al-Saeed, gained the seats of second district. In the third district, Al-Wafd Party, Mohamed Abdel- Aleem Dawood, gained the workers seat, while Yousif al-Badry gained the professional seat. In Damietta, the candidates competed on four parliamentary seats. The FJP managed to gain three seats. Candidates of FJP, Ali al-Day, gained the seats of the first district. FJP candidates gained the professional seat of the second district, while independent candidate, Omran Megahed, gained the workers seat. In the Red Sea, FJP candidate Mohamed Yousif Katamish won the professional seat, while Egyptian Citizen Party candidate Abdel Baset Koota gained the workers seat. In Port Said, independent candidate al-Badry Farghaly gained the workers seat in the runoff round, while FJP candidate Akram al-Shaer managed to gain the professional seat during the first round. In Luxor, FJP candidates, Abdel Mawgood Rageh and Khaled Farag, gained the parliamentary seats there. Arabic here
