Banned candidates, illegal parties and low turnout mean vote leaves Egyptian democracy absent | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Voter apathy and low turnout have marked day two of Egypt’s parliamentary election. Pic of a lone #Egyptian soldier guarding empty election station speaks volumes to dismal voter turn out #Egypt pic.twitter.com/VFBeaNxjfM— Asma (@LibyanBentBladi) October 19, 2015 The lack of a credible opposition to the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has prompted many Egyptians to…

Cairo (dpa) – Polling stations were all but deserted Monday on the second day of Egypt’s long-delayed parliamentary elections, despite attempts by authorities to boost voter numbers. The government gave its employees a half day to encourage turnout after Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said that only 15 per cent of voters had cast ballots on Sunday.…