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Live Updates: Initial results for Egypt's constitutional poll begin trickling in As polling stations close doors across country, Ahram Online provides instant coverage of results as they are announced by judges and political parties
12:15 The Muslim Brotherhood says on its English-language Twitter account that votes had already been counted in 1385 out of 6376 polling stations in ten governorates. "'Yes' votes are 65 per cent and 'no' are 35 per cent," the Brotherhood's official Ikhwanweb site reported. 12:00 Al-Jazeera television report that 83.9 per cent have voted "yes" and 16.1 per cent voted "no" after 50 per cent of the votes were counted in the Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt. As the first phase of Egypt's constitutional referendum draws to a close, a resilient yet pensive mood was palpable among many voters. This contrasts with Egypt's previous post-uprising referendums and polls, during which most voters could be seen smiling and proudly showing off their ink-stained fingers to news cameras. Most voters who spoke to Ahram Online on Saturday expressed fear that, regardless of the outcome of the current constitutional poll, the coming period in Egypt would be ridden by political conflict and strife. "There will be no stability in any case; this is a process that will take a long time," said one voter in the capital's Old Cairo district. Divisions between supporters of President Mohamed Morsi and the opposition run deep; in some cases, fistfights erupted outside polling stations between members of Egypt's two rival camps. In addition to several reported violations, with some polling stations closing their doors much earlier than scheduled, many voters expressed frustration with the long lines and insufficient numbers of judges to supervise balloting. Some voters expressed the belief that voters were intentionally made to queue longer than necessary to dissuade them from casting their votes. A few hours before the closure of polling stations nationwide, Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) Secretary-General Zaghloul El-Balshi said that some 50 per cent of the 25 million registered voters in the ten governorates that cast ballots in the first phase of the poll had already voted. The poll was largely trouble-free, but violence erupted late on Saturday when the Cairo headquarters of the liberal Wafd Party was attacked by unknown assailants. It remains unclear whether the attack was related to the constitutional referendum. Mohamed Tharwat, managing editor of the Wafd Party's news website, pointed the finger at prominent Salafist preacher Hazem Abu-Ismail, but the latter quickly denied any responsibility for the attack. Ahram Online now begins the second leg if its live updates. We willl bring you the referendum's results, as they trickle in throughout the night.