A long-delayed runoff election held Thursday for the last two seats in Egypt's parliament was a heated race between the ruling party and a banned Islamic group.
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Security forces blocked off some polling stations in a long-delayed runoff election Thursday pitting conservative Islamic candidates against the ruling party, amid allegations of vote-rigging and government interference.
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The hard-line Council of Guardians, meanwhile, allayed some fears by announcing Wednesday that long-delayed runoff elections for 66 seats in the new 290-member parliament will take place on May 5.
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Election officials also gave politicians two extra weeks to declare their candidacies, postponed voting in legislative and local elections from June 4 until June 25 and delayed runoff elections from June 25 until July 16.
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Conservative Islamic candidates and would-be voters complained Thursday police were barring them from the polls in a long-delayed runoff election that has brought into the open the fierce rivalry between the ruling party and a banned Islamic group.
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