Egypt Chooses New President
The first round of Egypt's presidential election took place last week (Photo: Matthew Bell)
Egyptians are voting in their first free presidential election, 15 months after ousting Hosni Mubarak in the Arab Spring uprising.
Fifty million people are eligible to vote, and long lines have formed at some polling stations.
The military council which assumed presidential power in February 2011 has promised a fair vote and civilian rule.
The election pits Islamists against secularists, and revolutionaries against Mubarak-era ministers.
Matthew Bell went to the Nile delta city of Mansoura to visit polling places and talk with Egyptian voters.
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Most voters I talked with in Mansoura were voting for the Islamists, Morsi or Aboul Fotouh. A couple of people politely declined to say…
— Matthew Bell (@matthewjbell) May 23, 2012
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— lyse doucet (@bbclysedoucet) May 23, 2012
Noel King, a freelance journalist in Egypt, talks about Egypt’s youth vote on The Takeaway.
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