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Egyptians cast their votes

More than 27 million Egyptians are eligible to vote on October 17, 2015 in the first phase of a general election for a new parliament, the first since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

An Egyptian national, living in Oman, casts her ballot in the Egyptian parliamentary elections on October 17, 2015 at the Egyptian embassy in Muscat. More than 27 million Egyptians are eligible to vote on October 17, 2015 in the first phase of a general election for a new parliament, the first since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mo

An Egyptian national, living in Oman, casts her ballot in the Egyptian parliamentary elections on October 17, 2015 at the Egyptian embassy in Muscat. More than 27 million Egyptians are eligible to vote on October 17, 2015 in the first phase of a general election for a new parliament, the first since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. (AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian nationals, living in Oman, cast their ballot in the Egyptian parliamentary elections on October 17, 2015 at the Egyptian embassy in Muscat. More than 27 million Egyptians are eligible to vote on October 17, 2015 in the first phase of a general election for a new parliament, the first since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. (AFP/Getty Images)

An Egyptian national, living in Oman, casts her ballot in the Egyptian parliamentary elections on October 17, 2015 at the Egyptian embassy in Muscat. More than 27 million Egyptians are eligible to vote on October 17, 2015 in the first phase of a general election for a new parliament, the first since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. (AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian nationals, living in Kuwait, show their passports as they wait to cast their vote on the eve of the Egyptian parliamentary elections on October 17, 2015, outside their embassy in Kuwait City. More than 27 million Egyptians are eligible to vote on October 18, 2015 in the first phase of a general election for a new parliament, the first since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. (AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian expatriates living in Kuwait wear t-shirts bearing an image of Egypt’s ex-army chief and presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as they arrive to cast their vote in their country’s presidential elections at the Egyptian embassy in Kuwait City, on May 16, 2014. Egyptian expatriates around the world headed to the polls, casting the first votes to name a successor to deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. (AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian nationals, living in Kuwait, wait to cast their vote on the eve of the Egyptian parliamentary elections on October 17, 2015, outside their embassy in Kuwait City. More than 27 million Egyptians are eligible to vote on October 18, 2015 in the first phase of a general election for a new parliament, the first since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. (AFP/Getty Images)

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