Live Breaking!!!!! Mohamed Morsy declared winner of #Egypt's presidential elections.(AlAhram).
Shafiq 12m 347,380 Mursi 13 million 230, etc. MURSI has it.
16:25 All is calm inside Shafiq campaign headquarters, according to Ahram Online's Sarah El-Rashidi at the scene. "Everyone looks very relaxed and confident, with smiles on their faces," she tells us by phone. "Every time a violation is reported against Mursi, everyone claps."
16:08 The head of the electoral commission says that of 456 appeals, two in particular caught their attention. The first related to a claim that upwards of one million voting ballots were found marked in favour of one candidate before they reached the polling station. The other claims Christians were stopped from casting their votes at one polling station in a village in the Upper Egypt governorate of Minya. But he says both alleged incidents could not be verified; in the first instance, SPEC could only identify close to 2,400 pre-marked ballots, in the second the turnout at the polling station in question was comparable in the runoffs to the first round. We're still awaiting the announcement of who's won...
15:45 SPEC head Farouq Sultan embarks upon a longwinded prologue, reminiscent of Judge Ahmed Rifaat's speech before the announcement of Mubarak's verdict.
15:40 The national anthem is played as the results will be announced immediately.
15:35 Dozens of Mursi supporters are marching in the coastal city of Alexandria, political analyst and columnist Amro Ali tells Ahram Online. Ali says the crowd is marching to SCAF's headquarters in the northern part of the city from the Qiad Ibrahim mosque. They are calling for a second Egyptian revolution even before the results are announced.
15:28 Tense expectation reigns at the central Cairo headquarters of Mohamed Mursi's campaign, according to Ahram Online's Yasmine Fathi at the scene. A press conference there is packed with reporters awaiting the result. A screen in the centre of the room shows live footage from Tahrir Square and other parts of Egypt. Members of the Freedom and Justice Party's High Committee are expected to arrive shortly.Read the full story here.
Live broadcast from Tahir square here.
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