CAIRO — After hours of counting votes, Egypt’s elections committee said final results of the constitutional referendum will be announced after the second phase on Dec. 22, as dozens of initial reports by political parties and news agencies all claimed the constitution passed.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, published a statement Sunday, saying: “4,588,147 or 56.5% of the turnout for the draft constitution while 3,524,178 or 43.5% voted against it.” Several other reports by local press said 60% voted for and 40% voted against.
