Update on the Egyptian Election.

Official verified and certified results in the Egypt Presidential Election are not expected to be released until Tuesday (29/5/12). At present (around 10:00GMT 25/5/12) fewer then half of the votes have been counted.

However based on it's own exit polling the Muslim Brotherhood is claiming that their candidate Muhammed Morsi will come first but will fall short of the 50% of the vote required for outright victory. Although the liberal, secular vote has been diluted somewhat between five candidates it's worth noting that because they've never done an election before exit polling in Egypt is nowhere near as accurate as it is in more mature democracies. Therefore the Brotherhood's early claims of victory seems to me to be more of a sharp propaganda move. By claiming victory now the Brotherhood are laying the groundwork to accuse the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of rigging the election if they actually end up being defeated.