Another bloc containing the al-Nur party was predicted to take some 20% of the vote.

BBC: Egypt election officials announce 62% turnout

The liberal multi-party Egyptian Bloc was rivalling al-Nur for second place.

BBC: Egypt election officials announce 62% turnout

The recent violence flared between supporters of two different rebel groups, a faction of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), led by Abdul Wahid al-Nur, and the Liberty and Justice Movement (LJM).

ECONOMIST: Trouble in Sudan's Darfur region

However, the talks are being boycotted by Abdel-Wahid al-Nur, the leader of the largest faction of the SLM, as well as by the leader of the other main Darfur rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Khalil Ibrahim.

ECONOMIST: An end to the war?