29.11.2011                      03.Kislev. 5772

Ägyptische Wahlen:

Egyptians go to the polls for first round of post-Mubarak elections

Haaretz reports from Cairo / Islamist parties expected to make big wins in three-round elections; new parliament to be tasked with drafting new constitution before presidential election by end of June.

Polling stations opened Monday in nine of 27 districts for the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections, the first since former president Hosni Mubarak's overthrow in February.
About 17.5 million Egyptians are eligible to vote in the first round that runs for two days, according to government figures….