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Egyptian presidential election result delayed Egyptian presidential election result delayed
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The result of Egypt's presidential election has been delayed, state television has said.The result of Egypt's presidential election has been delayed, state television has said.
It had been scheduled to be announced on Thursday, but the Supreme Elections Commission (SPEC) says it needs more time to look into complaints presented by the candidates. It had been due to be announced on Thursday, but the Higher Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC) says it needs more time to look into complaints presented by the candidates.
The two candidates, Mohammed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq, both say they won. Both candidates, Mohammed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq, say they won last weekend's run-off vote.
There have been some 400 election complaints and no new date has been set for the announcement of the result. Meanwhile ailing ex-President Hosni Mubarak remains in critical condition.
He is said to have had a series of strokes and to be on life-support at an army hospital in Cairo, but there has been no official word on his condition.
Earlier this month Mubarak was convicted to life in prison for his role in the death of protesters during the revolution which ousted him last February.
Since then there have been a number of reports that his health has worsened, but this appears to be the most serious deterioration so far.
However, correspondents say there will be fears that the state of Mubarak's health could be used as a distraction, as Egypt waits for the result of the hotly disputed presidential election.
'Limbo'
Some 400 election complaints have been filed by the two candidates, according to HPEC, and no new date has been set for the announcement of the result.
Nader Omran, a spokesman for Mr Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, told the BBC that the result announcement should not be delayed.Nader Omran, a spokesman for Mr Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, told the BBC that the result announcement should not be delayed.
"It will bring more tension to the people - they should end the story tomorrow (Thursday)", he said."It will bring more tension to the people - they should end the story tomorrow (Thursday)", he said.
Meanwhile, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak remains in critical condition in an army hospital in Cairo. Mr Mursi's campaign has claimed he won the vote, but at a press conference on Wednesday evening an adviser to Mr Shafiq insisted that official results may hand Mr Shafiq victory.
He is said to have had a series of strokes and to be on a life-support machine, but there has been no official word on his condition.
'Limbo'
Mr Mursi's campaign has claimed that results show he won the vote, but at a press conference on Wednesday evening an adviser to Mr Shafiq insisted that official results may hand Mr Shafiq victory.
Thousands of people are in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where they have gathered to protest against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) - the military council that has led the country since Mubarak's downfall last year.Thousands of people are in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where they have gathered to protest against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) - the military council that has led the country since Mubarak's downfall last year.
Mr Omran said the Muslim Brotherhood had called people into the square to protest against recent constitutional amendments brought in by the Scaf. The Muslim Brotherhood had called people into the square to protest against recent constitutional amendments brought in by the Scaf.
But he said the gathering would now also focus on the election delay. The Brotherhood say they will mount a sit-in until the official results are announced, and until the army gives up the sweeping powers it granted itself in a constitutional amendment last week, reports the BBC's Shaimaa Khalil in Cairo.
One protest group has called for a sit-in in Tahrir and in other squares across Cairo to pressure the Scaf to hand over power to an elected president before the end of the month as promised. The atmosphere in Tahrir is more street party than protest, our correspondent adds.
The BBC's Lyse Doucet in Cairo says Egypt appears to be in political and constitutional limbo. But the mood could change quickly, she adds.
Correspondents say Egypt appears to be in political and constitutional limbo.
'Undemocratic turn'
In preliminary comments on the second round of the presidential election, a group of international election monitors headed by former US President Jimmy Carter voiced concerns about the "political and constitutional context" of the vote.In preliminary comments on the second round of the presidential election, a group of international election monitors headed by former US President Jimmy Carter voiced concerns about the "political and constitutional context" of the vote.
"I am deeply troubled by the undemocratic turn that Egypt's transition has taken," Mr Carter said."I am deeply troubled by the undemocratic turn that Egypt's transition has taken," Mr Carter said.
"The dissolution of the democratically-elected parliament and the return of elements of martial law generated uncertainty about the constitutional process before the election," he added. On Saturday the Scaf had dissolved Egypt's elected parliament - dominated by the Brotherhood - after a court ruling that last year's legislative polls were unconstitutional.
Late on Sunday, hours after the polls closed in the presidential vote, the Scaf issued a constitutional declaration giving itself wide-ranging powers and limiting those of the incoming president.
The declaration effectively gave the Scaf legislative powers, control over the budget and over who writes the permanent constitution.
The Scaf's moves were widely condemned by activists as amounting to a military coup.