Egypt started on Sunday the second round of parliamentary polls amid a boycott by two major opposition blocs over alleged fraud and violence in the first round last Sunday.

Voters were seen entering the polling stations, which opened at 8:00 a.m.(0600 GMT), in western Cairo, with a big presence of police outside.

Some 566 candidates will contest the remaining 283 seats in the runoff elections in 166 constituencies.

The ruling National Democratic Party won 209 out of 221 seats in the first round, with five seats to four opposition parties and seven independents.

The Muslim Brotherhood, the officially banned group which controls one fifth of seats in the outgoing People's Assembly, won nothing while the Wafd Party won two seats in the first round. The two decided to pull out of the elections after the first round's results were announced.