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2 December 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 20:10 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"ProtestersAhead of the results, people gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to remember recent bloodshed<\/span><\/div>\n

Election officials in Egypt say 62% of eligible voters turned out to vote in the initial stage of the country’s elections earlier this week, less than the authorities’ initial estimate.<\/p>\n

They announced the first results of the country’s complex parliamentary poll, which takes place in three stages.<\/p>\n

But the overall picture is unclear with most candidates facing a run-off. Only four independents won seats outright.<\/p>\n

Islamists are expected to dominate this first democratic poll in 60 years.<\/p>\n

The Muslim Brotherhood are expected to lead the field, but a more radical group may also do well.<\/p>\n

An official read results constituency by constituency, but most candidates did not achieve the 50% required to avoid a run-off, which will take place next week.<\/p>\n

He said 62% of those eligible had voted in the parliamentary poll – lower than the military leadership’s estimate of 70%.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Jon Leyne says the voting system is highly complex, with two-thirds of the 498 elected seats being decided by proportional representation and the rest by a first-past-the-post system.<\/p>\n

Many of the first-past-the-post polls have gone to a second round and the proportional part of the vote will not be announced until later.<\/p>\n

But leaks suggest the Muslim Brotherhood is the big winner, with its Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) predicted to take about 30% of the vote.<\/p>\n

The FJP is in a coalition with smaller parties, and overall that coalition is expected to receive about 40%.<\/p>\n

Another bloc containing the al-Nur party was predicted to take some 20% of the vote.<\/p>\n

It follows the conservative Salafi brand of Islam which seeks to bar women and Christians from executive posts and ban alcohol and mixed beach bathing – something which, if implemented, could hit Egypt’s crucial tourism industry hard.<\/p>\n

But the FJP has repeatedly stressed its commitment to an inclusive democracy, and its charter says it strives for a “non-religious” state.<\/p>\n

The liberal multi-party Egyptian Bloc was rivalling al-Nur for second place.<\/p>\n

Only a third of constituencies voted on Monday and Tuesday in the poll that will decide the make-up of the lower house of parliament.<\/p>\n

‘Revolt, revolt’<\/span><\/p>\n

The next two stages of the poll will go on into January.<\/p>\n

As the results loomed, a few thousand Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to honour the 42 people who died in clashes with police last week, Reuters news agency reported.<\/p>\n

Participants said they rejected the rule of both the army and Kamal Ganzouri, the man the ruling military council has nominated as prime minister.<\/p>\n

According to Reuters, crowds chanted: “Run us over with your tanks. Oh country, revolt, revolt, we don’t want [Field Marshal Mohamad Hussain] Tantawi or Ganzouri.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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