Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi wins Egyptian presidency

 CAIRO, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi has won the presidential election, head of Egypt's Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) Farouq Sultan announced on Sunday afternoon.

Morsi, now chairman of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, got 51.73 percent of all the votes in the run-off round, defeating his rival Ahmed Shafiq, who got 48.27 percent.

According to the commission, Morsi won 13.23 million votes, while Shafiq got 12.35 million. The eligible¹ voters were 51 million, while the turnout was 51.8 percent, or 26.3 million, said Sultan.

Invalid² votes were 834,252, he said, adding that the results in 13 sub-committees were cancelled after the commission reviewed the results over submitted appeals.

Morsi said late Sunday that he will respect all international agreements and wants peace in his first televised speech to the nation after he was officially declared winner of the presidential polls.

"We will work hard to safeguard the security of Egypt... We respect all international conventions and agreements. We have told the world we want peace," said Morsi.

"We will form very balanced relations with all international forces. It will be balanced between us and all other countries on the basis of common interests and mutual³ respect. We will try to treat them equally," said the presidential winner.

Morsi said Egypt would not interfere⁴ with the business of others, nor allow anyone to interfere with its internal affairs.

As Muslim brotherhood's candidate, Morsi pledged to be a president for all Egyptians.

"There is no difference between Coptics and Muslims. All are governed by the law," said Morsi. "The national unity⁵ is the only way to bring Egypt out of the current stage."

The Supreme⁶ Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) congratulated Morsi over his victory, wishing him good luck in carrying out his responsibilities.

1 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

2 invalid   

n.病人，伤残人；adj.有病的，伤残的；无效的

参考例句：

• He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。
• A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。

3 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

4 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

5 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。