An Egyptian source said on Wednesday That the Muslim Brotherhood is leading in the initial counting of results from the first round of Egypt's parliamentary election, with about 40% of party-list votes. It remains difficult to assess the precise impact of such a result on an election that will take six weeks for voting to be complete and uses an extremely complex system for allocating seats. The first round of voting took place on Monday and Tuesday in the election, Egypt's first since President Hosni Mubarak was toppled by a popular revolt in February. A source in the FJP, the Brotherhood's party, who declined to be named said "The lists for the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) are in the lead in most of the governorates of the first round,". He told Reuters the FJP-led list, which also includes several smaller parties, was leading with about 40% of the votes. Official results from Monday and Tuesday's votes are expected later in the day. Voting in the first round covered nine governorates, including Cairo, northern cities of Alexandria, Port Said and Damietta, and Luxor and Assiut to the south.
