Mubarak’s party sweeps balloting
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President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party has won the vast majority of seats in this week’s elections for the upper house of Egypt’s parliament, shutting out the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in polling critics derided as flawed.
Official results showed the ruling National Democratic Party won 69 of 71 seats. A runoff for 17 seats will be held Monday, the Supreme Election Committee said. One seat went to a leftist opposition candidate and the other to an independent.
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