Morsi declared Egypt’s president
Posted on June 25, 2012, Monday
Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi speaks during a press conference in Cairo. –AFP Photo
CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi was yesterday declared the first president of Egypt since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak, the head of the electoral commission announced.
Morsi, who ran against ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, won 51.73 per cent of the vote after a race that polarised the Arab world’s most populous nation.
“The winner of the election for Egyptian president on June 16-17 is Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-Ayat,” said Faruq Sultan.
Morsi won 13,230,131 votes against Shafiq who clinched 12,347,380. The election, in which more than 50 million voters were eligible to cast their ballot, saw a 51.8 per cent turnout. — AFP
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