Al-Masry Al-Youm has compiled a comprehensive tabulation of results from the first round of presidential elections, which ended yesterday. The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, Mohamed Morsy, looks set to lead Egypt's first presidential election poll following the uprising that deposed Hosni Mubark last year, taking 5,446,460, or 24.9 percent of the votes. Ahmed Shafiq, a former civil aviation minister under Mubarak who was appointed during the president's last days in office as prime minister, is a close second, with 5,338,285, or 24.5 percent of the votes. Nasserist candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi has surprised many observers by coming in third, with 4,616,937, or 21.1 percent of the votes. Amr Moussa, former secretary general of the Arab League and diplomat, came in fifth with 2,471,559, or 11.3 percent. The results were obtained by Al-Masry Al-Youm reporters in 27 governorates, following up on results from 13,000 polling stations. According to Al-Masry Al-Youm's calculations, overall turnout throughout the country was 43.3 percent, lower than many had expected going into the historic election. Official results will not be announced by the Presidential Election Commission, a committee of senior judges whose opinions cannot be appealed, for at least two more days. A runoff vote between the two leading candidates will take place on 16 and 17 June. Sabbahi garnered the single highest voters' percentage in one city, riding a wave of last-minute popular support. He dominated Kafr al-Sheikh, his hometown, where 63 percent voted for him. Morsy's greatest success came in Fayoum, where 48 percent of voters supported him. Shafiq's did the best in Monufiya Governorate, where 53 percent voted for him. Abouel Fottouh had the highest number of voters in Matrouh Govnorate with 51 percent of the ballots cast for him. Moussa's territory was South Sinai where 29 percent of voters opted for him. In Cairo, where 12.8 percent voters live, Sabbahi won 29 percent of the vote, followed by Shafiq (27 percent), Morsy (17 percent), Abouel Fottouh (16 percent) and Moussa (11 percent). In Giza, the second largest governorate with 8.4 percent of total voters nationwide, Morsy led with 29 percent of the votes, followed by Sabbahi and Shafiq, both at 21 percent, and Abouel Fottouh at 19 percent. Moussa won 11 percent of the votes. Voter turnout in Port Said was the highest at 60 percent, followed by Alexandria with 54 percent. Turnout in Cairo, Damietta and Suez was 53 percent. The Delta had a high turnout with 49 percent voting in Monufiya, 48 percent in Sharqiya. In Daqahliya and Gharbiya, turnout was 45 percent. In Beni Suef, south of Cairo, it was 43 percent. In Kafr al-Sheikh turnout was 42 percent and in Beheira it was 41 percent. Upper Egypt had a lower turnout with 39 percent voting in Fayoum, 35 percent in Assiut, 33 percent in Sohag, 30 percent in Aswan and 29 percent in Luxor. Qena witnessed the lowest turnout, at 25 percent. Egypt Independent and Al-Masry Al-Youm will continue to publish more numbers and analysis throughout the evening.
