CAIRO - The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) will field 805 candidates in the coming parliamentary elections, which will be held next November, a top party official has said.
NDP Secretary-General Safwat el-Sherif said 508 party members were to be named by the end of this week as viable candidates for the November polls, which will be free and fair, local nedia reported Saturday.
The legislative vote is unlikely to re-shape the political landscape, analysts said.
The NDP and opposition party candidates are to run for seats in the 518-seat legislature.
El-Sherif said that the NDP candidates would be selected “to enrich the country's political life”.
The legislature is already dominated by the ruling NDP, with opposition groups standing little chance of gaining a significant number of seats in the upcoming elec tions.
