Elections officials are expected to announce on Saturday the final results of Egypt's parliamentary polls, which were conducted over three stages lasting from November through January.
Results come two days before the new parliament, with 498 elected members and 10 appointed members, is scheduled to hold its first session.
Preliminary results indicate that Islamist parties - which were allowed to be licensed following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak last year - secured around 70 per cent of the seats in the lower house of parliament, or People's Assembly.
The prime task of the new parliament will be to pick a committee tasked with drafting a new constitution for Egypt.
Elections for the less powerful Shura Council, or upper house of parliament, are to be held in two stages, with voting taking place between January 29 and February 22.
