A third hopeful is Mohamed El-Abbasi, the NDP candidate and son of a former parliamentarian with Nasserist tendencies. In Kafr Saad district, Samir Zaher, NDP candidate and a former chairman of the Egyptian Football Federation, will run against business tycoon Rifaat El-Gamil. In Damietta, there are two candidates for the Brotherhood, five Wafdists, one Tagammu member, one woman candidate and no Copts. Voting in the two governorates is primarily governed by tribal considerations. The candidates include three Wafdists and seven women.
Tribal considerations are also paramount there.
The candidates include four women, one Copt and four Wafdists.