<div class='node-body'><p>Final and official results for the first round of Egyptian presidential elections will not be announced until Tuesday, but preliminary results emerged Friday showing three candidates -- from an original field of thirteen -- were the top vote getters. Once the tally is official, the top two finishers will compete in a run-off election in June.</p>
<p>Reports show that Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohamed Morsi, will likely be the first place finisher.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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