In the first round of parliamentary elections the Freedom and Justice Party received 3.56 Million votes (party lists) which equates to 37 seats in parliament [Reviewer: the headline of the original text mentions a different number] . After the runoff the FJP, political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, got 44 seats (party lists) and 29 individual seats and thereby won the first stage of the elections by far. Their main competitor seems to be the Salafist al-Nūr (light) Party which garnered 2.37 Million votes in the first round. They won 27 seats by list and 4 individual seats. While the gap between the FJP and al-Nūr is wide, the gap between these two frontrunners and the other 8 parties, who reached the parliament in the first round, is even broader.

[Reviewer's Note: There is incoherent information inside the text and in the media about the exact amount of the seats before and after the run-off. For accurate information see the High Elections Commission official website.]

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