Aswan results: 75% with constitution, 22% against it

Sunday 16-12-2012 11:47 AM
Aswan results: 75% with constitution, 22% against it

An electoral worker counts ballots after polls closed in Zagazig, about 62.5 km (38.8 miles) northeast of Cairo December 15, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

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Final ballot results show that in Aswan 75.22 percent (149, 020 people) voted for the new draft constitution while 22.9 percent (45, 396) have voted against it.

The total number of votes in the governorate was 198, 107, with 194, 416 valid and 3, 827 invalid.

The first round of a referendum on a draft constitution written by an Islamist-dominated assembly kicked off on Saturday while the second round is scheduled for December 22.

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