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![]() Egypt’s NDP secures well deserved sleight of hand title during round two of poll
After round two of Egypt’s controversial parliamentary elections the ruling National Democratic Party will undoubtedly emerge with all but a handful of the seats after the Muslim Brotherhood its strongest opposition and the Wafd Party pulled out after alleging widespread rigging and intimidation.
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Monday, December 6,2010 13:32 | |||||||
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After round two of Egypt’s controversial parliamentary elections the ruling National Democratic Party will undoubtedly emerge with all but a handful of the seats after the Muslim Brotherhood its strongest opposition and the Wafd Party pulled out after alleging widespread rigging and intimidation. Prior to and throughout the elections Police hindered campaigning by MB candidates denied them permits for their representatives to observe the voting process and prevented supporters from nearing the ballot boxes. Observers catalogued misdemeanors ranging from removing the names of opposition candidates from ballots, to blocking their representatives and delegates from monitoring the polls, to shutting polling stations in the face of would-be-voters, to simple stuffing of ballot boxes. The poll appears to have produced a universally predicted resounding victory for the National Democratic Party (NDP), which has ruled Egypt for over 3 decades under a tight and undemocratic grip. The NDP competed against itself for the 114 seats left after fielding multiple candidates in many constituencies – a tactic aimed at swamping opposition voters with supporters of the ruling party and in some districts, three or more NDP candidates fought against each other, causing some of the ugliest incidents of election-day violence an interesting but sad scene for the world to see. The electoral commission suitably however maintained that the law did not allow for candidates to withdraw at this point in the process, thereby the names of candidates who were to contest in the second round would remain on the ballot papers.
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tags: NDP / Polls / Parliamentary Elections / Elections / Muslim Brotherhood / Wafd Party / Rigging / Ruling Regime / MB Candidates / Candidates / Supporters / Ruling Party / Mubarak Regime / Presidential Elections / Muslim Brotherhood / National Democratic Party / Opposition Candidates / Polling Stations / NDP Candidates
Posted in 2010 election update |
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