Islamists to win upcoming elections in Egypt

Secretary-General of the Egyptian Amal Party Majdi Hussein on Tuesday underlined that Islamist candidates will certainly win the upcoming parliamentary elections in Egypt."Islamists will win the elections and the remnants of the former regime will have 20 seats (of the parliament) at most," Hussein told FNA on Monday. He described Egypt's upcoming elections as a milestone and a sensitive juncture in the history of the country's revolution, and said results of November 28 parliamentary elections will reveal the fate of power transition and mark the beginning of the revolutionary forces' rule over the North African state. Hussein further reiterated elements of the former regime are unlikely to gain victory in Egypt's parliamentary elections, and said the poll results will be similar to the elections in Tunisia where Islamists won a majority of the votes. An Arabic-language poll conducted lately confirmed that Islamist parties would most likely win the most seats in parliamentary elections in Egypt. According to the poll, which asked voters to choose which party would have their vote in elections, 38 percent of Egyptians would choose the Freedom and Justice Party, the largest and one of the best organized among the political parties in Egypt. The party has ties with the Muslim Brotherhood. An additional 12% said they would cast their vote for the rightist Al-Nour party, a Salafi Islamist party. The survey, which polled 38,071 people, indicated that liberal, secular parties would win the lowest number votes. The most popular secular party, the Al-Masreen Al-Ahrar faction, only received a 2% share. Subjects were asked to choose from 10 different options, reflecting only a fraction of the dozens of registered political parties in Egypt. More than a quarter of those polled, 26%, responded that they were unsure which party they would vote for.