Egyptians return to the polls to cast their ballots in run-off parliamentary elections.<br/> Polls opened Monday morning in nine provinces, where voters will choose between 52 individual candidates who will occupy a third of the 498 seats in the lower house once two more rounds of the complicated voting process end in January.<br/> The run-offs will pit 24 members of the ultra-conservative Islamist al-Nour Party against the more moderate Muslim Brotherhood.<br/> In Cairo's working-class neighbourhood of Shubra, the lines began early in the morning.<br/> One voter is optimistic about the vote.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) VOTER, SAMIR ABDEL SAYYED, SAYING:<br/> "It's very good, the process is good and in the interests of the country and hopefully we will see a good result."<br/> Polling stations will close at 7pm local time.<br/> Travis Brecher, Reuters
