Aboul Fotouh, Sabahi Lead Egypt Abroad Elections

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Partial results of Egypt expatriate elections showed the former member of Muslim Brotherhood, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh along with the Nasserist candidate, Hamdeen Sabahi in the lead.

According to a report published by Lebanese daily, as-Safir, of the 13 candidates, the contest was limited between five candidtates: the former head of the Arab League Amr Moussa, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and the official candidate of Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Mursi, in addition to Aboul Fotouh and Sabahi.

The daily quoted media information as reporting that around 310,000 voters of the 586,000 who were registered to cast their ballots across the world in the vote which ended on Thursday.

Sources within foreign ministry said that Egyptian embassies and consulates had concluded the vote count, except the embassies in Riyadh, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Doha, in addition to the Egyptian consulate in Jeddah.

According to as-Safir, the partial results showed Aboul Fotouh in the lead with 14,600 votes. Sabahi gained 10,700 votes, while Moussa gained 9,700 votes.

The results also indicated that Mursi took 9,300 votes while Shafiq took 5,000 votes, knowing that several of the diplomatic missions haven’t announced yet the results in its countries, as the vote count is still taking place in some countries like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Officials within the diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia declared that the results would be announced by next Tuesday, adding that between 75,000 and 80,000 people had casted their ballots.

Meanwhile, according to the London-based newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi, Moussa was in the lead of the poll which took place in Lebanon, while Aboul Fotouh led the vote in Austria, Washington and the United Kingdom.

The daily also reported that Mursi was first in the poll which took place in Yemen and Sudan.

Source: Newspapers
19-05-2012 - 14:07 Last updated 19-05-2012 - 14:07

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