Historic 62 Percent Turnout In Egypt Elections -- Christian Science Monitor
There are only three official winners so far in Egypt's elections as many districts ready for runoffs.
Egypt's first post-Mubarak election has produced few clear winners in the initial round, with a historic 62 percent of voters turning out to choose among more than 100 candidates in some districts.
The official election results announced in Egypt today show that only three individual candidates won outright. The rest of the the individual races will be decided in runoff races next week. The eventual winners in the individual races, conducted in three geographically-staggered rounds, will make up one-third of the new lower house of parliament.
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