Gallery: Egyptians cast ballots in first free election

First phase of voting takes place in Cairo and Alexandria; lower house elections not to be complete until 2012.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Egypt elections 311 R (photo credit: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah)
Egypt elections 311 R
(photo credit: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah)
Egyptians voted in parliamentary elections Monday in the first big test for democracy since the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak.The first phase of voting on Monday and Tuesday took place Cairo and Alexandria. The staggered voting system means that the election to the lower house will not be completed until January 11, 2012.

Voters picked a mixture of party lists and individual candidates.