The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Preliminary results

Mubarak has 78-80%, and Nour comes second with 12%. Huge upset in Nour's favor, whom many people thought would lose out to Nomaan Gomaa for second place. This makes Nour a rising political figure and his party a strong contender to overtake the liberal flame from Al Wafd. Or, less likely, the Wafdists will get tired of their uncharismatic president who probably lost them the second place despite a quite good campaign. This might also hurt them in the parliamentary elections.

Read about it here.