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Presidential elections day 1 Sayyeda Zeinab
First day of voting not without glitches
Noha El-Hennawy 23 May 2012
Amid a fluctuating turnout and a number of legal violations, polling stations opened their doors on Wednesday to more...
Presidential elections day 1 Sayyeda Zeinab
Live updates: Voting hours extended, speculation about results and turnout
Egypt Independent 23 May 2012
Egyptians are voting today for the first president after the 25 January uprising. More than 50 million citizens across...
Voters lining up at polling stations to cast their ballot in Presidential Elections, Giza, May 23,2012.
Election day violations widespread but relatively minor
Egypt Independent 23 May 2012
On the first day of Egypt’s first post-Hosni Mubarak presidential election, violations of electoral laws and fair...
Posters of presidential candidates Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh (L) and Mohamed Mursi, candidate of Freedom and Justice party in Cairo's streets, May 8,2012.
The unconscious vote: Unexpected factors may sway voters
Hazem Zohny 23 May 2012
After a 16-month interim period that often felt like anything but “transitional,” the election to...
Egypt's presidential polls open
Egypt Independent 23 May 2012
Polling stations have opened on Wednesday morning in Egypt’s 27 governorates. Eleven presidential candidates are...
Armed forces secure ballot station in Port Said, November 28,2011. Parliamentary elections' first phase, which started Monday, includes 17.5 million voters.The poll took place at nine governorates: Cairo, Alexandria, Kafr al-Sheikh, Assiut, Port Said, Fayyoum, Luxor, Red Sea and Damietta.
Security expert warns of targeting vital installations during elections
Al-Masry Al-Youm 21 May 2012
Hussein Hamouda, an Egyptian expert on international terrorism and chief of the peacekeeping mission in Darfur, warned...
Voter casting her ballot on the first day of parliamentary poll's second round, Sohag, 14 December, 2011. Second round is taking place over two days on 14-15 December in nine governorates: Giza, Sharkeya, Menoufeya, Beheira, Ismailia, Suez, Beni Suef, Sohag and Aswan.
Armed forces prepare presidential election security
Al-Masry Al-Youm 18 May 2012
The ruling military council approved a plan to secure the upcoming presidential elections, a military source said. The...
Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr.
Foreign Ministry impartial toward presidential candidates, minister says
Al-Masry Al-Youm 17 May 2012
Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said he and other diplomats of the ministry are impartial toward all presidential...
Employees of High Elections Commission (HEC) counting votes, Qena, November 29, 2010.
Elections commission may redistribute voters over election districts, says source
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 May 2012
The Presidential Elections Commission’s General Secretariat was thrown into a state of confusion on Tuesday...
Presidential election campaign posters of Egypt's former Vice President Omar Suleiman (top R) and Abdel Moneim Abol Fotoh (bottom), a former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo, April 12, 2012. The presidential elections will be held on next May 23 and 24. The posters read, ""Yes to Omar Suleiman as president" (top R) and "Abol Fotoh president of Egypt 2012" (bottom).
Presidential Elections Commission invites candidates to meeting Tuesday
Al-Masry Al-Youm 07 May 2012
The Presidential Elections Commission on Monday invited all presidential candidates to a meeting at 6 pm Tuesday. The...