More than 60% of eligible voters turned out to vote in the first round of Egypt's recent elections, according to officials.
The poll, which was the first democratic election in the country for 60 years, saw 62% of voters take the opportunity to cast their votes.
The turnout was lower than the expected 70%, however, and the outcome of the polls is still unclear.
The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood is likely to win the elections, and expects to receive around 40% of the vote for its Freedom and Justice Party.
Some local media reported that the more conservative Islamist al-Nur party was competing with the liberal Egyptian Bloc for second place.
Around 33% of Egypt's constituencies voted earlier this week, in what is the first stage of a complex electoral process.
Two-thirds of 498 lower-house seats will go to party lists, while the rest will be won by individual candidates.
The rest of the election will not be decided until January 2012.
Meanwhile thousands gathered in Tahir Square in Cairo to mark the deaths of 42 people in a recent series of clashes with military forces, the Reuters news agency said.
Reuthers said that the crowds chanted: "Run us over with your tanks. Oh country, revolt, revolt, we don't want [Field Marshal Mohamad Hussain] Tantawi or Ganzouri."