May 25, 2013
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A presidential election was held in Egypt on 23 and 24 May 2012. The main election was held on 16 and 17 June. The Muslim Brotherhood declared early 18 June 2012, that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the Arab world.
It was the second presidential election in Egypt's history with more than one candidate, following the 2005 election, and the first presidential election after the 2011 Egyptian revolution during the Arab Spring. On 24 June 2012, Egypt's election commission announced that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi has won Egypt's presidential runoff. Morsi won by a narrow margin over Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak. The commission said Morsi took 51.7% of the vote versus 48.3% for Shafik.
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![Egyptians rally in Tahrir Square to demand revolutionary justice [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-5232000/5232863/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=6a084f2a4c135ece6ccd8f8f2f17df64 "Egyptian cleric Safwat Hegazy shouts during a demonstration at Tahrir square in Cairo, against the verdict for deposed leader Hosni Mubarak June 4, 2012: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh")
![Egyptian protestors call for Shafiq's disqualification [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-5140000/5140475/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=a9645d5b3136c4c0870d5b8ff1df4e78)
![Egypt's Shafiq vows to crush revolution and restrain Islamists if he wins election [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-4955000/4955589/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=1641cc49c520b3f72498394f1639d60d "Flyers of Egyptian presidential candidate and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq are seen on the ground outside his campaign headquarters in Cairo May 29, 2012:L REUTERS/Mohammed Salem")
![Angry Egyptian protestors torch Shafiq's campaign headquarters in Cairo [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-4911000/4911367/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=c00689e9f376db73ff12b59850e62504)
![Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood candidate claims early lead [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-4872000/4872152/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=0dc06dbd7ac751abf0a3d7580d202468 "Mohamed Mursi, head of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party and the Brotherhood's presidential candidate, speaks during his last campaign rally in front of the Abdeen Palace Museum in Cairo May 20, 2012: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany")