Saya sih senang bila Muslim Brotherhood tersingkir, tapi saya juga tidak lupa
bahwa tidak tertutup kemungkinan adanya kecurangan yang dilakuan oleh penguasa
untuk menyingkirkanmereka.
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BBC News Middle East
29 November 2010 Last updated at 11:19 GMT
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood 'faces heavy poll losses'
Hundreds of opposition Muslim Brotherhood supporters alleging electoral fraud
chant during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, 28 November 2010 Several hundred Muslim
Brotherhood supporters marched on a counting station in Cairo
The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's biggest opposition bloc in the outgoing
parliament, says it has not won any seats outright in the first round of a poll
it claims has been hit by fraud.
A few candidates will stand in a run-off, it said.
Protests took place overnight about the conduct of the poll, and there are
reports of two dead in election-related violence.
A run-off vote is to be held on 5 December.
"Only a few will stand in a run-off, but not a single Brotherhood candidate won
in the first round," said Saad al-Katatni, the head of the Brotherhood's bloc
of 88 seats in the outgoing parliament, equivalent to a fifth of the assembly.
Results are not yet confirmed and counting is still going on, but it appears
that the losers include the Brotherhood's leader in parliament, says the BBC's
Jon Leyne in Cairo.
There was certainly strong evidence on election day that a number of their
supporters were physically prevented from voting, our correspondent says.
Already a spokesman for the Brotherhood has said the government has destroyed
the multi-party system, freedom of speech and the fairness of elections.
He warned that as a result, Egyptian people had lost hope in achieving change
by peaceful means.
President Hosni Mubarak's ruling NDP party had been expected to win the vote
decisively.
Continue reading the main story
PARLIAMENTARY VOTE
* 508 members to be elected, 10 appointed by president
* 254 constituencies each return two MPs
* Candidate has to get more than 50% to win outright
* Candidates are elected for five years
* Q&A: Egypt election
* Egypt elections: young voices
The Muslim Brotherhood is barred from taking part in Egyptian elections, so its
candidates stand as independents.
The liberal New Wafd party also has no winners, with a handful of candidates
going into run-offs, a spokesman said.
In earlier protests, followers of the Muslim Brotherhood gathered outside
counting stations in Alexandria.
Several hundred others marched on a counting station in Cairo.
The election campaign itself saw clashes between the opposition and security
forces.
Some 42 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots.
The new parliament will have 518 members, 508 of whom will be elected and 10
will be appointed by presidential decree.
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