CAIRO, Dec. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has won some 72 percent of the 432 parliamentary seats decided after the month-long legislative elections, according to revised results released Saturday.

    The NDP won 311 seats, accounting for some 72 percent of the total seats decided, said Minister of Justice Mahmoud Abul Leil, who is also chairman of the electoral commission.

    He said 112 seats went to independent candidates, including 88 seats to the banned but usually tolerated Muslim Brotherhood.

    Secular opposition parties performed rather poorly in the polls and snatched nine seats, of which six to the Wafd party, two to the Tagammu party and one to the Ghad party, according to the latest results.

    Abul Leil put the official turnout in the elections at 26.2 percent.

    The elections ended on Wednesday.

    The elections, which kicked off on Nov. 9, were phased over three stages to make sure that there are enough judges and Justice Ministry officials to monitor the polling process in each stage.

    The polls are meant to decide 444 seats of the 454-member People's Assembly and the remaining 10 seats are appointed by the president.

    The 12 undecided seats will be competed later because courts canceled election results in six constituencies due to violence or controversy. Enditem