Supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice Party at a rally
Members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood attend a rally in Cairo in support of the Freedom and Justice Party in the run-up to the parliamentary elections. Reuters

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party won 34 individual seats of the 45 it contested in the first runoff vote of the parliamentary election, a party source said Wednesday.

The FJP had already secured two clear-cut wins for its individual candidates last week. The runoff was held Monday and Tuesday.

The FJP has won 34 individual seats in the runoff vote of the first round out of a total of 45 seats contested by FJP individual candidates, the FJP source told Reuters.

A total of 56 individual seats were contested by all parties in the first round of the election, with others assigned to party lists. The vote was the first of three election stages being held over six weeks.

Under a complex system, two-thirds of the 498 elected lower house seats go proportionately to party lists, with the rest going to individual candidates, who must win more than 50 percent of votes in the first round to avoid a run-off.

(Reporting by Marwa Awad; editing by Andrew Roche)

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