Egyptian parliamentary elections today

Egyptians are voting today (voting started at 10.30AM IST) to elect a new parliament in the country. According to Head of the Higher Election Commission El-Sayyed Abdel-Aziz Omar, four thousand six hundred and 86 (4686) candidates are contesting for the 508 seats in which 64 seats have been allocated to women. Security forces are on high alert after violent clashes erupted throughout the Nile Delta and in the south of the country. Egyptian parliamentary elections of 2010 will be held in Egypt on 28 November 2010 and the second round of the elections will be held on the 5 December 2010. The scheduled three-stage elections for determining its lower house membership. The elections formed the Eighth Assembly since the adoption of the 1971 Constitution.
Political outfits are National Democratic Party having - 311 seats and New Wafd Party - 6 along with Progressive National Unionist Party - 2 but the two outfits Arab Democratic Nasserist Party - 0 Liberal Party (Hizb al-Ahrar) - 0 in last parliament election 2005: The Independents - did won 24 and other Independents (Muslim Brotherhood - al-ikhwān al-muslimūn) - rested 88 seats but many independents switched their political affiliation back to NDP giving it its soaring majority.