Mohamed Mursi voting (Photo: AFP)
Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh going to the poll
Photo: EPA
Queues in Alexandria (Photo: AP)
Egypt: Partial results show small Brotherhood lead
Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi and Former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq advance to run-off elections next month
Partial results from Egypt's
first genuinely competitive presidential elections
showed the candidate of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood leading
with a narrow edge in a five-way race.
This is likely to bring Mohamed Mursi to run-off elections scheduled for June 16-17 but leaves the question wide open as to whether he will win.
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Egyptians voted Wednesday and Thursday to choose their first president after last year's popular uprising that ousted ruler Hosni Mubarak.
Mursi voting (Photo: AFP)
Former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq (Photo: Reuters)
Contending for second place are Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, moderate Islamist Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh and leftist Hamdeen Sabahi, who marked a surprise last-minute surge.
Ballots from 18 of Egypt's 27 governorates had been counted by mid-morning on Friday.
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