Vote counting in Egypt's landmark presidential election has started after the two final days of polling that will decide the country's next president. The contest is between the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsy and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq. Voting has taken place in 13,101 polling stations across the country under full judicial supervision. There are about 50 million eligible voters. Early indicators suggest that turnout across the country was lower then during the first round, which took place at the end of May. 10:00 pm: Some polling stations closed their doors earlier than 10 pm. According to independent daily Al-Shorouk, initial vote counting in 21 polling stations around the country show that Morsy has garnered 22,488 votes, while Shafiq has 9,598. The Facebook page of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party says that preliminary results in the Upper Egyptian city of Sohag and the Nile Delta city of Kafr al-Sheikh also show Morsy in the lead.
