11.   They had expected to win that district even though opinion polls in Quebec consistently indicate that a clear majority for separation does not exist today.

12.   Those representatives are elected separately from the district council, so even if the opposition won the districts, it might not translate into control of the city council.

13.   But the liberal Wafd party said its leading candidate Yassin Serag Eddin and another, Fuad Badrawi, had won their districts.