But analysts emphasised that the final result would depend to great degree on the abstention rate following widespread reports that turnout was abysmally low – reflecting voter disillusionment in a country plagued by crisis for the best part of six years.
The process was marred by violence, intimidation, a low turnout and widespread fraud.
Although this is an election year that is garnering widespread public attention, voter turnout in the primary is expected to be relatively light.
He appeared particularly offended that my speech linked low voter turnout to widespread ignorance about the struggles, foreign and domestic, which secured the right to vote.
Yet the results they delivered were much the same as before: a low turnout amid widespread fraud, and the return of the same president and party that have ruled for a quarter of a century.It is true that the opposition, most significantly the Muslim Brotherhood, won an unprecedented fifth of parliament's seats.
The National Union of Students president, Liam Burns, has been pelted with eggs and fruit at the conclusion of a march in London, which was marked by a low turnout and widespread anger over the perceived failure of the organisation to fight the trebling of university fees.
Despite widespread disenchantment with their leaders, turnout in the election was over 60%, about the same as in 1994.
Despite widespread predictions of record voter turnout last November, the overall rate was virtually the same as in 2004.
One of the world's biggest exercises in democracy the European Union's parliamentary elections -- concluded Sunday after a dismal turnout and with widespread apathy over the outcome.
In last June's general election, which returned the Labor Party to office, a record-low turnout pointed to widespread indifference to politics.
