Morsi, Shafiq enter run-off of Egypt's vote
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E-mail Xinhua, May 29, 2012
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi and ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq entered the run-off round in June of the historic presidential vote after the fall of ex-leader Hosni Mubarak, the Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) announced Monday.
Chairman of the HPEC, Farouk Sultan, told a press conference here on Monday that around 46 percent of Egypt's 50 million eligible voters cast their votes in the election's first round.
Among the 12 candidates, Morsi and Shafiq led the contest, garnering 5.765 million and 5.505 million votes respectively. They were followed by Hamdeen Sabahi and Aboul Fotouh, with 4.82 million and 4.065 million votes respectively. Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa ranked fifth with 2.588 million votes.
"At this historic moment, the HPEC successfully practiced its job to guarantee a smooth and peaceful transition of Egypt to true freedom and democracy with an elected president," Sultan said, adding that his commission had allowed observing organizations from 50 countries to monitor the election process.
"The HPEC have all together received seven complain files, four of which were refused because they were against the election law. The other three were also dismissed because they were sued beyond the appeal period," Sultan said.
The election that kicked off last Wednesday was the first ever free presidential election after the fall of long-time leader Mubarak.
The run-off round between Morsi and Shafiq will be held on June 16-17, and the final result will be announced on June 21, as the ruling military council is expected to hand over power by June 30.
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