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Egypt’s Historic Election in Photos

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Art and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Egypt

Pulitzer Center grantee Ty McCormick covers Egypt's political transformation by talking with artists...

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An Egyptian man casts his ballot in the second round of elections at a polling station on El-Amal St. in Agouza, an impoverished neighborhood on the West Bank of the Nile. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
Voters brave the long lines outside a polling station in the island neighborhood of Zamalek on Nov. 28, the first day of voting in Egypt. The queue to vote at this polling station stretched more than four blocks. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
A full ballot box at an Agouza polling station on Dec. 14. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
Campaign posters for independent candidate Saeed Mahmoud Mustafa Suleiman displayed outside a polling station in Agouza. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
A voter’s guide to parties and candidates posted outside a polling station in Giza. With more than 40 parties and hundreds of independent candidates—each identifiable by a unique symbol for the one-third of the population that is illiterate—Egypt’s ballots are as colorful as they are confusing. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
Women socialize outside a polling station in Agouza on Dec. 14. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
A woman exits a heavily guarded polling station in Agouza on Dec. 14. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
Instructions on how to vote are posted outside a polling station in Giza. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
A poster for Tarek Ibrahim Abdullah Rahmu is displayed on the corniche in Giza. His campaign slogan is “Dignity and social justice.” Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
Men wait in line to vote at a polling station in Agouza on Dec. 14. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.
Women queue to vote in Zamalek on Nov. 28. Image by Ty McCormick. Egypt, 2011.

Rounds one and two are in the books in Egypt's first parliamentary election since the 18-day uprising that unseated Hosni Mubarak ten months ago. Official results will not be announced until after the third round of voting in January, but preliminary results show the Muslim Brotherhood with a commanding lead. After the first round, the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party had secured roughly 40 percent of contested seats while the ultra-conservative Salafi Al-Nour party won almost 25 percent. Here are some images from Egypt's first two rounds of voting.

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