This thing just keeps getting worse by the day.

CAIRO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists have won 42 individual seats in the run-off round of the first stage of the country’s parliamentary elections, state media reported Wednesday, citing preliminary results.

The two most powerful Islamic forces in Egypt gained 80 percent of the 52 individual seats contested in the run-off, consolidating their gains in the first stage of the multi-phase polls, the Ahram newspaper said. Final results for the second round of vote will be announced Thursday.

Abdel Moez Ibrahim, head of the High Judicial Elections Commission, said the election results of the El Sahel constituency in Cairo were annulled in accordance with a ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court. The district reported loss or damage of dozens of ballot boxes in the first round of vote on Nov. 28-29.

Results of last week’s vote showed that the Muslim Brotherhood’ s moderate Freedom and Justice Party captured 36.6 percent of the 9.73 million valid votes, followed by the ultra-conservative Nour Party with 24.4 percent. Only four independents secured their seats in the first-round vote.