Egyptians set to face clear choice in presidential run-off
Partial results from the first round of Egypt's presidential election indicate that in the run-off, voters will have to choose between a member of the former Mubarak regime and the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate.
Partial results from the first round of Egypt's presidential election suggest that voters will be facing a clear choice when the go to the polls to cast their ballots in a runoff next month.
With most of the votes counted from the first round of the polls held on Wednesday and Thursday, the Muslim Brotherhood claimed that its candidate, Mohamed Mursi had finished first.
However, an official from the Islamist movement said he had only taken about 25 percent of the vote, meaning Mursi would have to face the second-place candidate in the runoff. That candidate, the official said, will be Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister to serve under President Hosni Mubarak before he stepped down in the face of massive protests against his rule early last year. The official said Shafiq had received 23 percent of the votes.
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