Egyptian Elections

By Micah Halpern

I've Been Thinking:

The ballots have all been cast. Now Egypt and the world await the results. They are expected on Tuesday.

The top two contenders will square off in three week - the runoff is scheduled for June 16 and 17.
Over the past two days Egyptians went to the polls. There were 13,000 polling stations. There are 83 million Egyptians.

Speculation is that 20 million voted. I have heard that 50 million Egyptian voters were eligible, which seems very unlikely.

The Muslim Brotherhood is claiming that their candidate, Mohammed Morsi, has the lead. It is impossible to tell. There are no real exit polls. What can be said is that certain districts most certainly preferred Morsi while others preferred Amr Moussa, the secular candidate.

It will all remain unclear until the announcement is made on Tuesday. And even then I am certain that there will be irregularities in the collection and counting of ballots.

Micah@MicahHalpern.com 

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