Morsi 1st, Shafiq 2nd in Egypt president race with two governorates to tally up

Ahram Online, Friday 25 May 2012

As the country waits for high-voter density Cairo and Giza to name selection for 2012 president, Ahram Online added up results in the remaining 25 governorates

Results in 25 governorates aggregated by Ahram Online shows that with about 41.8 per cent turn out, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi is in the first place so far, followed by Ahmed Shafik, Mubarak's last prime minister, while the leftist candidate, Hamdeen Sabbahi, who proved to be the main surprise so far, fell back  to the third place. Still waiting for Cairo and Giza results. Will we witness more surprise

1. Morsi 4,406,782 (26.48 per cent)

2. Shafiq 4,115,840 (24.74 per cent)

3. Sabbahi 3,329,519 (20.01 per cent)

4. Abul-Fotouh 2,959,937 (17.79 per cent)

5. Moussa 1,778,244 (10.69 per cent) 

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