BREAKING: Cairo election turnout might be as high as 80 per cent: Cairo deputy governor statement

Tuesday 29 Nov 2011

Cairo's deputy governor has come out and stated that voter turnout in the capital “might exceed 80 per cent” of those eligible to vote. With Cairo the most populated governorate in the country this says a lot about where these elections stand compared to those of recent past.

The deputy governor did not state the source for his estimate.

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