Egypt Election Marred by Fraud

Rights groups have accused Egypt's ruling party of using 'fraud and thuggery' to ensure a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections.


Three people are reported to have been killed in poll-related violence.
Egypt's High Elections Commission acknowledged some irregularities and violence, but said despite cancelling Sunday's vote at a few polling stations, the elections were a success and the results will undoubtedly stand once announced.



Turn out was said to be only around 10 to 15 per cent.

One outcome most already knows is that the Muslim Brotherhood, which is banned as a political party in Egypt but fields candidates as independents will not have the same presence it did in the past parliament where it had 88 seats

No one in Egypt doubts which party will win the majority of seats, the question is what does this mean for the future Egypt and its civil society which have had to endure the rule of the National Democratic Party for the past 30 years and now for at least 5 more.

Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Cairo.