Egypt election officials announce 62% turnout
They announced the first results of the country's complex parliamentary poll, which takes place in three stages and over three months.
But the overall picture is unclear with most candidates facing a run-off. Only four independents won seats outright.
Islamists are expected to dominate this first democratic poll in 60 years.
The Muslim Brotherhood is expected to lead the field, but a more radical group may also do well.
An official read out results constituency by constituency, but most candidates did not achieve the 50% required to avoid a run-off, which will take place next week.
The turnout figure of 62% is lower than the military leadership's estimate of 70%, but, says the BBC's Jon Leyne, still considered impressive considering the long queues to vote, complicated election process, high rate of illiteracy, and almost no election campaigning at all.
The voting system is highly complex, with two-thirds of the 498 elected seats being decided by proportional representation and the rest by a first-past-the-post system.
Many of the first-past-the-post polls have gone to a second round and the proportional part of the vote will not be announced until later.
But leaks suggest the Muslim Brotherhood is the big winner, with its Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) predicted to take about 30% of the vote.
The FJP is in a coalition with smaller parties, and overall that coalition is expected to receive about 40%.
Another bloc containing the al-Nur party was predicted to take some 20% of the vote.
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