Egyptian embassy in Khartoum opens to voters on second day of parliamentary polls

 The Egyptian Embassy in the Sudanese capital opened doors at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday to receive Egyptian expatriates willing to cast their ballots in the second and last phase of parliamentary elections.

Voting began on Saturday in all Egyptian embassies abroad.
Egyptian Ambassador here Ossama Shaltout said balloting on the first day went trouble-free with a high turnout reported in the evening compared to the first hours of voting.
The exact number of Egyptian voters will be counted after the end of the voting process in preparations for announcing the vote count results.
Vote count will take place at the embassy headquarters with the participation of representatives of candidates and members of the Egyptian community.
The second round covers Cairo, Qalioubiya, Daqahliya, Menoufiya, Gharbiya, Kafr el Sheikh, Sharqiya, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai.
Some 27.5 million voters are eligible to cast their vote in the second round compared to 25.5 million in the first stage.
As many as 222 independent parliamentary seats will be available in this vote, with 2,847 candidates competing in 102 constituencies. In addition there are 60 seats which will be filled by whichever party list secures a majority in two constituencies: Cairo and the Middle and South Delta (which has 45 seats), and East Delta (with 15 seats).
Four electoral coalitions will compete for the 45-seat Cairo and Delta constituency with 180 candidates or 45 each: “For the Love of Egypt”, the Nour Party, the Egyptian Front and Independence Current Alliance, and the Republican Alliance of Social Forces.
Egypt's parliament — the House of Representatives — ‎will comprise 596 members, 448 elected as independents ‎and 120 from party-based lists. The remaining 28 seats ‎will be filled by presidential appointees.
The country has been without a parliament since the previous one, elected in late 2011, was dissolved in June 2012 after a court ruled electoral laws in place to be unconstitutional. 
Source: MENA