Cairo votes for 2013 constitution by 95.2%

Ahram Online, Thursday 16 Jan 2014

Cairo governorate backs new constitution overwhelmingly

The High Electoral Committee announced that voters in Cairo governorate have backed the new constitution with a 95.2 percent  "yes" vote and 4.8 percent no, Ahram Arabic news website reported.

2814000 participated in the referendum out of 6,67,4865 registered voters, a 42.2 percent turnout.

2680000 voted yes and 134000 voted no.

Turnout in the 26 governorates already announced surpasses by around four million the turnout in the 2012 constitutional referendum.

 

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