Cairo : A political alliance loyal to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has emerged as a big winner in the first round of parliamentary polls through which he is seeking to tighten his grip on power over two years after he ousted his Islamist predecessor.
The official results of the first round of the parliamentary polls were announced yesterday with President Sisi’s supporters winning in most seats.
The electoral committee announced the allocation of 273 seats after the end of the first round run-offs held on Tuesday and Wednesday in 14 Egyptian governorates.
The first round of polls had been held in Egypt earlier this month with the runoffs taking place this week.
The results showed that “For the Love of Egypt”, an alliance of independents and political parties that are being coordinated by former intelligence general Sameh Seif El-Yazal and supporting Sisi, won all the 60 seats allocated for electoral lists in the runoffs, Ayman Abbas, the head of the Electoral Committee, said.
