The Islamists to the front in legislative polls

Islamists seem to be moving towards a victory in the first phase of legislative elections that mark the beginning of the transition to democracy after the Mubarak era, observing as a success despite the tense political context.

Initially planned for last night, the results of voting on Monday and Tuesday will be published finally this afternoon. indicated the High Commission election.

But the Muslim Brotherhood announced that his political organization, the Party of freedom and of Justice (DPJ) came in first, according to the preliminary results of the first round of the elections, held over nearly four months.

Every stage of the election takes place in two rounds in one third of the country's 27 provinces. On Monday and Tuesday the first round took place in nine provinces, including the two largest cities in the country, Cairo and Alexandria.

The last phase of the legislative will end on 11 of u000aJanuary and will be followed by elections for the Shura (consultative upper house) will be extended until the March 11.

"The first results obtained since the beginning of the recount show that the lists of the Party of freedom and justice is first, followed by the party to Nur (Salafist) and the Egyptian block (liberal coalition)," said the DPJ said in a statement.

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