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The first round of the Egyptian Shura Council midterm elections started today morning, on Monday, June, 11, 2007, amid a heavy security presence in election committees of constituencies in which in the Muslim Brotherhood is fielding candidates. The runoff is scheduled to be held on Monday, June 18 .
 
The Shura Council midterm electi..

A fierce battle erupted between the ruling National Democratic (NDP) candidate and an independent candidate, triggering a gunfire and killing one person, Ahmed Abdul Salam Ghanem, and seriously injuring three others.
 
This incident recalls to mind 2005 People’s Assembly elections in which 13 citizens were killed in election riots.

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Egyptian Shura Council midterm elections kicked off today morning. The Egyptian security forces started the elections with detaining and harassing Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidates and their supporters in the elections.
 
Dr. Mohamed Morsi, the member of the MB Executive Bureau, said in a statement to ikwhanweb:" More than two hours after polling stations opened doors, the turnout i..

Dr. Nagi Saqr, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidate for Zagazig was assaulted today while visiting an election committee in Zagazig.
 
Dr Nagi said in a statement to ikhwanweb:" I went today morning to Zagazig polling station with my friend Ahmed Mohamed Sobhi and a number of lawyers. As soon as I entered the polling station to greet the committee chief and others, the doors of the..

Egyptian security forces still continue sweeps of arrests against supporters members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) during the Shura Council midterm elections. Dozens of MB supporters have been arrested since the dawn of the election day, Monday.
 
Initial estimations show that the detentions reached a two-digit figure as 68 supporters of a Muslim Brotherhood candidate in Al Fayum Go..

The Egyptian governorate of Ismailia witnessed on Monday unprecedented riggings in ballot boxes of the Shura Council midterm elections. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Oil Ministry workers were signing in a separate paper to prove their attendance after casting their votes. The security gave access to only the ones carrying a special card from minister Sameh Fahmi who is running in this constituenc..

Shura Council Elections rundown

Ikhwanweb correspondents throughout the country have been covering the Shura council elections hour by hour. The following is the most recent update

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-Widespread irregularities and rigging reported in polling stations no. 78 and 121 in ..

At the experimenta school for teachers in Husayniyah-Zagazig  that comprises of 71 committees to 76 Maged Al-Ashqar– first head of bureau of investigation-  expelled deputies and called names at the heads of committees.
Security forces at Menya Al-Qamh  kidnapped the deputy of MB candidate Samir Musalhy at the second constituency in Kafr Mit ..

Osama Hamdan, Hamas movement representative in Lebanon , said that the Thursday’s decrees of President Mahmoud Abbas are totally wrong and will only complicate matters and add fuel to fire.
 
Tayeb Abdel Rahim, the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Presidency, declared on Thursday evening that president Mahmoud Abbas issued three decrees of relieving PM Ismail Haniya of his post, ..

A Coptic candidate who ran for the last week Shura elections accused the National Democratic Party of stuffing fabricated ballots for the NDP candidate Mohamed Abdul Samie, leading to his defeat in the elctions.
 
Nadi  Ishak Nakhla, the Coptic Shura election candidate for the constituency of East Cairo , accused the National Democratic Party (NDP) of stuffing fabricated ballots..

Some Egyptian newspapers reported on Monday that the Egyptian ruling regime plans to dissolve the People’s Assembly, while it is rigging the Shura Council elections to exclude all Muslim Brotherhood candidates. It’s worth mentioning that the current Egyptian House has 88 Muslim Brotherhood MPs in addition to opposition MPs, causing a continuous headache to the authoritarian regime specially whe..

South Cairo Court decided on its meeting today, Tuesday June 19, 2007 to consider the petition submitted by 29 businessmen, their spouses, and their minor children against the ruling of the Criminal Court on freezing their properties and possessions according to the judgment of February 28, 2007 to defer the court to August, 18 2007.
The defense has appealed on June 3, 2007 to determine this..