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#Fi Hob Masr

Preliminary results from the first round of parliamentary elections suggested that the electoral coalition For the Love of Egypt (Fi Hob Misr) has made sweeping gains, with Al-Nour Party far behind in second place. The elections, however, were undermined by a severe shortage in voter turnout, which Prime Minister Sherif Ismail placed between 15 and 16 percent on Sunday as public sector workers were given half of Monday off work to encourage them to vote. Most boycotters saw the election as…