And Presidential Elections Committee “PEC” has declared the results of the presidential elections of the Egyptian expats in 165 countries around the globe tonight except Saudi Arabia.

The presidential campaigns of Abu El Fotouh and Khaled Ali have presented petitions to PEC after refusing complains and reports about possible election fraud in favor of MB’s Mohamed Morsi. There are reports that MB members bought and bribed poor Egyptian expats from workers to get their vote for Morsi.

Already from what I understood the results of the Mail vote have been cancelled.

I have received some of the reports indeed especially concerning the Mail vote.

Now here are the results of the elections in 166 countries around the globe organized in a fine table by our dear Hany Ramsy whom I do not know what I can do without his help , may God bless him for real.

According to the data and numbers announced the lucky ones in this round are : Mohmaed Morsi “107,106 votes including Saudi Arabia” , Abu El Fotouh “82,397 votes”, Hamdeen Sabbahi “46,370 votes” , Amr Moussa “40,318 votes and Ahmed Shafik got “ 22,787 votes”.

Morsi got lots of votes in Gulf without doubt especially in Saudi Arabia where the number of voters is equal to the rest of the Egyptian expat voters around the globe. Abu El Fotouh and Morsi are leading the elections abroad as well Hamdeen Sabbahi.

Wait for in depth early morning analysis , it is 24 hours before our real presidential elections ya People.

Here are important numbers and facts about presidential elections in Egypt :

• After 12 hours Egyptians will vote in the first presidential elections ever.
• This is the first real multi-candidate presidential elections in the history of Egypt.
• The number of registered eligible voters inside Egypt is : 50,407,266
• The number of judges participating in this election is : 14,509
• The number of the general polling stations in the country is : 351
• The number of polling stations is : 9334
• The number of subsidiary poll stations : 13, 097
• The women judges participating in the elections as supervisors :1400 , 200 of them will participate in mixed polling stations and 1200 will participate in women polling stations.
• The ladies wearing Niqab will have to show their faces for the women judges.
• We have got realistically 11 candidate running for the position.
• The police and the army “paratroops , special forces and air forces as well navy forces” are participating in securing the elections.
• PM Kamel Ganzoury issued an order to all ministries and official agencies to give its employees a day off to vote in the elections whether on Wednesday or Thursday. Many companies are giving days off to their employees on Thursday to vote.
• There are two problems I think people have ignored.
• The eligible voters who work in tourism away from their registered home towns like for instance those from Upper Egypt and work in Gouna can’t vote.
• Same issue or problem is faced by Egyptians who work in oil fields.

And the voting girl has participated and voted in Egypt’s presidential elections 2012 , the first Egyptian multi-candidate presidential elections.

I went my polling station “Orman secondary school for girls” this afternoon at 4.30 PM in Agouza area. It was when I arrived but I asked the army personnel they told me that the turnout was higher in the morning. It is worth to mention that the high is unbearable. My polling station got a cross section of classes. It is women only polling station. The army personnel checked my ID.

When I went inside I found a queue , very short on made of three ladies. The queues are organized by a coordinator who checks you’re your number in the voters registration and make you sign  your attendance. I was on the verge of having a fight with three ladies from Shafik who were making fun from Tahrir square and its protesters , the protesters who made it possible for them to vote in an election like that for the first time in my life. Instead I reminded them in a firm voice that the Presidential elections committee made it clear that no talks about presidential candidates will be allowed in the queue. I was tired and not smiling.

When you go to inside the committee itself , you sign again for your attendance and one of the employees in the committee he or she writes the last two digits in National ID number . The women’s committees are managed by women judges.

Without fancy words I did not have any feelings due to what happened in the queue moments later at all , I chose my candidate in the ballot paper and I put it in the ballot plastic box.

Here is my fancy historical shot.

I had a little chat with the judge who let me to take photos “ I got a reporter’s permit to cover the elections.”

She told me that so far 700 voters came to the polling station. “We are speaking about 4.30-5.00 PM CLT” She also told me that all the ballot boxes in the polling stations’ committee will be transferred after being waxed to a single room. The votes count will started fro tomorrow’s evening , I asked her if I can attend the votes count and she told me that she will ask.

After that I want to Qomia school , which is the biggest mixed polling station in the area. The voters were more there were more than in my polling station. The army officers were friendly with my because of my permit and told me that the turn out was higher in the morning. Again the polling station was a cross section of Egyptian society but in addition of whole families of old grannies.

I went first to the men’s committee and the judge there told me that the turnout was higher in the morning and that there were 1700 voters who casted their votes by then. He told me that there were no violations and that there were 5 delegates from 5 candidates : Mohamed Morsi , Abu El Fotouh, Hamdeen , Shafik and Abdullah Al Ashal !!” Oh yes the man is still in the race and do not ask me who or why !!”

The judge told me that I was welcomed to attend the votes count just like the rest of the people

Then I moved to the women’s committee , there was a higher turnout from my committee. The lady judge told me that she was extremely tired and that about 1000 lady voters who casted their votes. She also told me that there were two delegates from two campaigns : Mohamed Morsi and Abdullah Al Ashal !!

In my way out I met two international observers from the Elections commission of India who told me that they did not see any violations what so ever except complains from long queues and heat. I told them that we can learn in Egypt from the impressive Indian experience and one of them told me that we can exchange expertise and that they found having a picture for the candidates in the ballot papers for the illiterates.

I should be happy and proud , well I am honest person and since early mornings the news coming from around the country showed a rise for Ahmed Shafik and Mohamed Morsi especially. I want the best for my country and I am terrified from the results. I do not want Ahmed Shafik or Mohamed Morsi to become the first democratically elected in the country. It is too much for me. 

I covered the elections since 8 AM up till now so may be I am tired. I know I should be happier and celebrate this historical election , may because I am tired.

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Batman for president : From Mostafa Mahmoud by Youm 7

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Emam in polling station by Jailan Zayan "AFP"

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I chose the candidate who believes that what happened was a true popular revolution , he believes that the revolution did not achieve its goals and achieving these goals are his aim and is able to create a national consensus with less polarization

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• Mohamed Morsi : 25.8%
• Abdel Moneim Abu El Fotouh : 23.2%
• Ahmed Shafik : 20.7%
• Moussa : 11.3%
• Sabbahi : 9.5%
• Other candidates : 4.7%
• Nullified their vote : 1.4%
• Refused to reveal their candidates : 3.4 %

I do not know if we should trust this poll that gave hope to Abu El Fotouh’s supporters and depressed Moussa’s supporters. I can not take this poll as a concrete example.

Today we found Mr. Ahmed Sarhan , the official spokesperson of Ahmed Shafik’s campaign saying this very interesting statement in New York Times today issue :

Mr. Serhan said. “The revolution has ended,” he said. “It is one and a half years.”

“The revolution has ended” interesting words from the official spokesperson of a presidential candidate who would never have imagined to run for presidency if it were not for the revolution.

Knowing how this quote can damage Shafik’s image abroad as well inside , Sarhan denied saying this and accused NY Times Cairo Bureau chief David Kirckpatrick of editing his phone call with him to make him appear as Anti #Jan25.

Already it is enough that it was highlighted in Guardian’s Live coverage for the Egyptian presidential elections.

Well as a follower of Serhan as a tweep and as a blogger, I know that he is not fond of the #Jan25 revolution and he believes that Mubarak’s economic policies were not bad. Of course now he is trying to make Shafik’s campaign and Shafik as revolution friendly as possible , today he appeared on TV claiming that our revolution was hijacked by the Muslim brotherhood !!

I remember last night or the day before I sent to Wael Ghonim a tweet that Shafik’s supporters believe that we are traitors he interfered telling me that it is untrue and Wael Knows him as a friend !!

I do respect Serhan but I wish he respects our minds because Shafik was forced to present his resignation by the revolutionary forces in last February 2011. I do respect Serhan but I wish he respects our minds and admits that the former NDPian officials across the country campaigned for Shafik especially in Upper Egypt. I wish Sarhan respects our mind and admit that Gamal Mubarak’s loyal pressman Abdullah Kamel is the media adviser of Shafik.

Honesty is an important thing.

The  results of the presidential elections are indeed considered the end of the revolution as we know and we hope for in Egypt.

Now I fear from the future more than , I fear from Islamist rule and from reproducing Mubarak’s rule once again. I fear if Shafik wins we will enter a true era of violence begins from angry revolutionary depressed youth. I fear that this time the army and police will protect people’s legitimate choice. 

Ok I feel better know now to speak about the preliminary first stage result of the presidential elections after my emotional meltdown in the morning.

• When I look out to the results I found out 9 million Egyptians voted for the revolutionary candidates “Sabbahi , Abu El Fotouh and Ali” where 5 million Egyptians voted for Shafik out of 25 million voters participating in this round then the majority chose the revolution.

The biggest mistake that all people spoke about how having several candidates will divide the votes and yet we love to fall in to the trap while we see it in front of us !!

• Hamdeen Sabbahi is the big surprise of the presidential race this year considering the big leap he got and the fact he scored nearly one million vote in Cairo. Sabbahi’s campaign has been poor throughout the race but in the past two weeks it had a great push forward financially and publicly when Abu El Fotouh did not do well in the presidential debate. The Pro-revolutionaries who do not want to vote for Abu El Fotouh because he is an Islamist voted for Hamdeen.

Hamdeen Sabbahi according to the results we have is popular in the big cities.

• Abdel Moneim Abu El Fotouh is the big shock of the presidential race this year considering the diversity of his team that made the favorite moderate Islamist candidate for the open-minded liberals and leftists. Now the big betrayal came from the Salafist Al Nour Party and Salafist calling as most of the Salafists did not vote for Abu El Fotouh as I expected.

Personally I do not trust Al Nour Party or the Salafist calling Sheikhs as they are known with their past with the State security and knowing the religious thought differences between the Salafists and Abu El Fotouh I knew it was not genuine from their side. I know I should not accuse anyone but I think the Salafist calling announced its endorsement to Abu El Fotouh instead of Morsi to pull him down publicly and made him lose the Non Salafist liberal vote. 

I do not accuse the Salafists , heavens forbid as they were much clearer and honest than their Sheikhs.

• Shafik is the big surprise in the race when all the eyes were fixed on Amr Moussa , I can’t ignore the role of the former NDPias whether in Nile Delta or in Upper nor I can ignore the role of some Christian religion men in scaring the Christians and making them vote to Shafik. It needs another big post.

I do not accuse the Christians of being responsible in electing Shafik like some did but I can’t ignore the sectarian factor that reminds me with the days of Mubarak, I can’t ignore it when there was Hamdeen Sabbahi , a non Islamist National candidate in the same ballot paper. Now it is turning in to a silly sectarian issue.

• Now the Muslim brotherhood is calling all the national powers in the country including presidential candidates Hamdeen Sabbahi and Abdel Moneim Abu El Fotouh for unity and negotiations tomorrow Saturday at 5 PM in their famous HQ in Moktam area in Cairo.

The Brotherhood is not in good position now in the elections as its leaders think and they need help in order to score presidency. The brotherhood or rather Khairat El Shater is ready to negotiate and to offer concessions related to the vice president position and coalition cabinet. “Oh yes I know what you think”

In a pragmatic way I will put these demands on the table for the Muslim brotherhood like that if they want my endorsement as political revolutionary power:

• Vice president Position
• Constituent assembly from outside the parliament
• Civilian state
• Coalition cabinet for real with non MB Prime minister with representation for all political power from left to right. Of course the cabinet issue is critical as SCAF will have a word at the time being in appointing the ministers of information , international cooperation, interior, foreign affairs and telecommunications. Still we can reach for a framework.
• Adopting Al Azhar document for human rights as constitution drafting guideline.

The MB got the parliament and now they will competing on the presidential post which means the legislative and executive authorities thus I think these demands are fair.

Of course bunch of revolutionaries presented a list of demands that actually related to the trials of the clashes that took place in the past year and half and the position of defense minister. I am sorry these demands do not reflect the real needs of the Egyptian people now and make them vote for Morsi.

I do not know if the political powers can reach to an agreement with MB as we have huge trust issue and bad experience. I can’t trust the MB anymore yet I know that they are in deep trouble. It is a matter of hours and we will know.

SPEC has announced the results of the first stage of the presidential elections held on May 23th and 24th officially from few minutes ago and they are as follow :

• Mohamed Morsi : 5,764,968 votes
• Ahmed Shafik : 5,505,327 votes
• Hamdeen Sabbahi : 4,823,273 votes
• Abu El Fotouh : 4,650,239 vote

The runoffs will be between Morsi and Shafik

Not a big surprise

Other numbers :

• The no. of voters in the presidential elections are : 23, 670,236 voters
• The no. of right votes in the elections are : 23, 256,516 voters
• The official turn out is 46.42%

More analysis and news will come later.

I will not comment on what happened last night because I do not approve on storming private properties at all, the right of protesting can not be disputed and actually observers have warned of instability in Egypt if Shafik is elected as a president.

Of course these observers do not know that Shafik is ready for this and got a plan for any instability : Execution style in one month !!

New York Times has published a report about what he has said in the American Chamber in Cairo and it is quite interesting perspective on his future policies if he is elected as a president :

• He will restore order in the country in a month using executions !!
• He will have clash soon or later with the Islamists in the country as he believes they have got armed militias and they want to turn the country in to Lebanon
• Contrary to what the world thinks the Egyptian people obedient !!!!!!! Obedient !!

It is worth to mention that many of the American Chamber members from Egyptian businessmen were members in the former NDP who had connections with the former regime directly and fear on their financial interests.

Update : Here is a video clip for the meeting of Shafik in AmCham , I have not seen it yet.

Knowing how Shafik and those behind him from journalists think like Abdullah Kamal and Siyad Ali , I fear that the NY Times will be closed in Cairo after he is elected as a president especially with Shafik’s campaign fight with them !! Needless to say now Shafik’s supporters believe that NY Times is biased to the Muslim brotherhood and Kirkpatrick is biased to the revolution. 

I fear more violence will be on the way , I fear more instability , you got angry youth , you got impatient people , you got SCAF and MB with their own agenda and world powers with interests. Everything is on the table now from assassinations to jails to coups

Hitler was brought by democracy , remember that. Of course I do not regret having these elections or democracy because people have to try their choice and learn from their mistakes in the hard way. Their idolism to Nasser brought to us the six days war defeat. I look to Shafik and the images form Tiananmen square in 1989 massacre especially with the level of hate showed by some of Shafik’s supporters towards the revolutionaries and the revolutions as reflected in their tweets.

Shafik and his supporters represent the nationalist right wing in Egypt just like Morsi and his supporters represent the religious right wing in Egypt !!

BY the way read this horrifying story of a Dutch journalist who was threatened by Shafik’s supporters. Of course reading this post , I wonder if that building and that cabbie are members of National security aka State security.

And Amr Khaled got news for you : He will found a political party called ‘Egypt Future’ that it is not actually political party but rather an independent moderate social development for all Egyptians party that will work in the governorates to solve the social and economic problems there. “I think Life Makers movement which he heads does this already !!”

Amr Khaled : I am going to have a party

Despite being an Islamist preacher , Khaled makes it clear that the party is open for all Egyptians with no political or ideological affiliation. 

Speaking seriously I wonder why Khaled waited all those months to declare this step when he had enough members in “Life Makers” movement ready to join that Social Development party.

I am not against the idea but I am just wondering why he waited all that time and why suddenly politics seem to be interesting after he expressed his refusal to engage in politics in the past months !! It is not a bad thing to have political ambition at all.

It seems that suddenly people find parties attractive , Mohamed ElBaradei from month ago declared that he will found a party as well. Yesterday it was confirmed that Abu El Fotouh will turn his campaign in to a party.

In fact I wonder why Khaled and ElBaradei waited all that time to realize the partisan work is needed in Egypt !!?

Khaled raised extremely important point people neglect : The only two candidates that made it to the runoffs are actually the only two backed up by partisan existence in the governorate. Mohamed Morsi got Freedom and Justice Party while Shafik is backed up by the old NDPians and their connections in Sharkia , Monufia and Upper Egypt.

This point is among the hard lessons we learned in this election.