News Independents Seize Unprecedented Power in Egypt’s New Parliament

Independents Seize Unprecedented Power in Egypt’s New Parliament

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Unofficial tallies issued by candidates and media outlets suggest that independent candidates won 317 out of 596 seats, seizing more than 50 percent of parliament.

 

Coptic candidates gained 36 seats, 12 as independents and 24 on the four electoral lists.

 

Media personalities and journalists won 11 seats, and women won 73 seats, equal to 12 percent of seats in parliament, including 17 independents and 56 on the winning lists.

 

About 50 former police and army major generals also won seats.

 

Meanwhile, the little known anti-Shiite coalition, Kheir al-Ummah, called on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to choose one of its members among the 28 appointed members of parliament to "reveal Iran's agents and the Shiite lobby."

 

[Mada Masr[

 

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Unofficial tallies issued by candidates and media outlets suggest that independent candidates won 317 out of 596 seats, seizing more than 50 percent of parliament.

 

Coptic candidates gained 36 seats, 12 as independents and 24 on the four electoral lists.

 

Media personalities and journalists won 11 seats, and women won 73 seats, equal to 12 percent of seats in parliament, including 17 independents and 56 on the winning lists.

 

About 50 former police and army major generals also won seats.

 

Meanwhile, the little known anti-Shiite coalition, Kheir al-Ummah, called on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to choose one of its members among the 28 appointed members of parliament to "reveal Iran's agents and the Shiite lobby."

 

[Mada Masr[

 

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