Egypt again delayed the release of full election results expected to show Islamist candidates sweeping to victory.
At a press conference by the election commission chief Abdel Moez Ibrahim, already pushed back by two days, he began announcing figures before abruptly leaving the room saying he had "no more energy" and had "run out of gas."
His incomplete announcement of results in some constituencies made it difficult to discern the overall trend, but he did reveal that turnout had been a record "since the Pharoahs" at 62 percent.
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The results are expected to show the Muslim Brotherhood, a moderate Islamist movement banned for decades, as the dominant force, but with a strong showing by hardline Salafi candidates.
Forecasts in the local media and from the parties themselves put the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) at around 40 percent, the Salafis at about 20 percent and a secular liberal alliance trailing in third place.
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