Despite that official results of the first stage of the Egyptian parliamentary elections have not yet been announced, early results and leaks of the results in nine governorates have already generated strong reactions from the public in Egypt on Facebook pages, Al Ahram reported.
The last status update on the Egyptian Bloc's official Facebook page was posted late night 29 November 2011 saying the following: "The Egyptian Bloc may not get a majority but it will not leave the parliament an easy prey for the Islamists, and maybe in this case it is right for Tahrir Square and other freedom squares in Egypt's governorates to calm down, because there will be someone who will represent its views in the parliament."
People reacted differently to this status: Egyptian Bloc supporters hope for better results in the upcoming stages in the other governorates while those opposed to the Egyptian Bloc shared news about its failure, alleging that Egyptian expats in Israel chose it over other lists.
The Egyptian Social Democratic Party, a member in the Egyptian Bloc, did not comment about the elections on its Facebook page, yet Facebook users did, urging them to merge the Egyptian Bloc with the Revolution Continues Alliance, to have a strong united liberal electoral list that would stand against Islamist lists.
Having a disappointing score in the list seats, the Revolution Continues Alliance has not lost hope, nor have its supporters who express hope for better results in upcoming stages. Commentators on their page hope for better publicity and campaigning, in order to create awareness, especially in the countryside and Upper Egypt, instead of being limited to activists and their supporters on Facebook and Twitter.
The electoral alliance, that includes many of Tahrir Square and the revolution's activists, is following the young and pro-revolution candidates, wishing them luck, even those who are not members in the revolution coalition list, like Mustafa Al Naggar of El-Adl Party.
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) Facebook page was much more cheerful than the other parties, with commenters celebrating their early victory.
"Thank God for this victory," is the common comment on the FJP page about the progress of the party in the nine governorates, along with prayers to God to grant the party and the Muslim Brotherhood victory in the rest of the country.
Yet despite the victorious mood, some commentators are warning the FJP against arrogance, as arrogance is a sin for Muslims and God does not support those who think they will win every battle, according to Quranic verse.
Some of commentators on the FJP Facebook page demanded the party to stick to Sharia law. A video the admin posted of an unveiled young lady defending the FJP at her polling station, saying the party did not violate elections rules, has generated hundreds of comments from angry supporters that demand the video to be removed because she is unveiled, telling the party not to sell out religion to politics.
The FJP and Muslim Brotherhood long-time rival, Al-Wasat Party, did not perform well, yet it has not lost hope in the upcoming two stages, announcing on its Facebook page that competition for the second stage has started already, deeming all competition positive for political life in Egypt.
Al-Wasat supporters left encouraging comments on its Facebook page, wishing the party better luck in the upcoming stages and asking it to avoid repeating the mistakes it committed in the first stage. Some commentators encouraged the party to merge with the Revolution Continues Alliance in order to form a strong alliance against Islamists in upcoming stages of the elections.
The Salafist Al-Nour Party has reportedly done well in its first entrance into Egyptian parliamentary elections, and there were strong comments on its Facebook page from opponents and supporters alike. Supporters cheered, thanking God for an early victory and hoping for better results in the upcoming stages. Some party members were disappointed that the party did not score seats in certain governorates, yet they were happy that the votes went mostly to the Islamist FJP, despite that many Salafists attacked the FJP during the 48 hours of voting and rivalry between the two parties is strong.
The opponents of the Islamist party expressed their rejection of Al-Nour Party as one with no political experience or clear political plan.
