#EgyConstitution : Referendum Stage #1 Results

And the results of the first Stage form the constitution referendum in 10 governroates have been announced.
According to Al Watan newspaper 56% of the voters said yes to the draft constitution while the 44% said No.
To be honest I know people who expected even worse results "Yes 70%-No 30%".
Yes I wish that "No" would have scored more but to achieve this result after one week of campaigning only and weeks of not knowing what will be next considering we live in a country where the president cancels his decision at 2.30 AM !!!!
There are important remarks about the results : 

• "No" votes are more in the cities than in country side. 
• Liberal and National forces and parties should try to reach for faraway governorates
• I do not understand how Sinai "Whether the North or South" or Aswan "especially Aswan" when the draft constitution totally ignore the rights of the ethic groups and the culture diversity. 
• Watch out for Cairo , Alexandria , Gharbia and Daqahlia. 
• It seems that Alexandria proves the myth of the Salafist stronghold is totally wrong
• Many of the voters who voted yes are not Muslim brotherhood or Islamsits but rather from those Egyptians who believe that "Yes" will bring Stability from their point of view believing what they hear in the Egyptian National radio and TV. 
• With all the violations that took place yesterday and this is the result than people should not lose hope and they should be encouraged to go and vote. 
• The turnout is 31% so if we add to those who boycotted as well who did not go because they do not care or feel confused to those who said No , you will have a constitution not approved by too many people
• I believe the more the people vote , the more it will be hard to rig the results 
• You must know the tune of the MB is different now , instead of 90% of the people approve the constitution now the MB members are speaking about examples 

Ironically and sadly enough there are still difference between the unofficial results announced so far as we are waiting for the official statement of the referendum committee but as a reference I prefer Al Watan newspaper as it present a fine interactive map with the results. 
Here is the 10 governorates "Numbers from Al Watan newspaper" : 


Aswan : "South"

• Yes : 73%
• No : 27 % 
• No. eligible voters : 808,280
• No. of votes counted last night : 203,416
• Poverty Rate : 54% 
• Illiteracy Rate : 23%

Sohag : "Upper Egypt"

• Yes : 79%
• No : 21%
• No. of eligible voters :2,340,851
• No of votes counted last night : 569,329
• Poverty Rate : 59% 
• Illiteracy Rate : 39%

Assuit : "Upper Egypt"

• Yes : 76% 
• No : 24% 
• No. of eligible voters : 2,080,391
• No. of votes counted last night : 590,675
• Poverty Rate : 69% 
• Illiteracy Rate: 39%

Cairo : "Capital"

• Yes : 43% 
• No : 57%
• No. of eligible voters : 6,491,521
• No. of votes counted last night : 2,206,780
• Poverty Rate : 10%
• Illiteracy Rate : 19%

El Sharkia : "Nile Delta"

• Yes : 66%
• No : 34%
• No. of eligible voters : 3,495,451
• No. of votes counted last night : 1,124,546
• Poverty Rate: 12%
• Illiteracy Rate : 32%

Dakhalia : "Nile Delta" 

• Yes : 55% 
• No : 45% 
• No. of eligible voters : 3,666,554
• No. of votes counted last night : 1,173,102
• Poverty Rate: 12%
• Illiteracy Rate : 28%

El Gharbia : "Nile Delta" 

• Yes : 48%
• No: 52%
• No. of eligible voters : 2,907,544
• No. of votes counted last night : 959,453
• Poverty Rate : 8% 
• Illiteracy Rate : 26%

Alexandria : "North"

• Yes : 36% 
• No : 64%
• No. of eligible voters : 3,286,831
• No. of votes counted last night : 170,529 
• Poverty Rate : 11% 
• Illiteracy Rate : 19% 

North Sinai : "Sinai" 

• Yes : 78% 
• No : 22% 
• No. of eligible voters : 207,425
• No. of votes counted last night : 64,982
• Poverty Rate : 24% 
• Illiteracy Rate : 21% 

South Sinai : "Sinai 

• Yes : 63% 
• No: 37% 
• No. of eligible voters : 62,432
• No. of votes counted last night : 18,440
• Poverty Rate : 12% 
• Illiteracy Rate : 7%

Now you should read this important analysis 
Unfortunately I am fighting terrible cold so I can not write long analysis now.