Mohammed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood candidate, elected Egypt’s president

Mohammed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood candidate, elected Egypt’s president

Associated Press

CAIRO

Egypt’s election commission has declared Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egypt’s first free elections by a narrow margin over Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.

The commission said today that Morsi won with 51.7 percent of the vote versus 48.3 for Shafiq.

A huge crowd of Morsi supporters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square erupted in cheers and dancing when the result was read out on live television.

Egypt, a nation of about 90 million people, is about 90 percent Muslim, 10 percent Christian.