Supporters of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi celebrate victory at Egypt's presidential election before the polls close.<br/> <br />Preliminary results show Sisi with a huge lead.<br/> <br />Celebrations lasted through the night in Tahrir Square, the heart of a popular uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011.<br/> <br />President Mohammed Morsi, who replaced Mubarak, was democratically elected and one of the few leaders who was not from the military.<br/> <br />But two years later and fireworks are set off in homage to Sisi, a general.<br/> <br />Many Egyptians see him as as strong figure who can end the country's turmoil.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN WOMAN, NAGAH AHMED, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I am thrilled, we won't eat or drink if we need to to support him, and we are going to stand by him, because we love Egypt. And also because I am a daughter of the place he is from. But he is the President for all Egyptians, and he is a man who has something to say and who has a personality and we have needed a man for a long ti
