A sit-in continues in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the day after voting closed in a landmark election.<br/> After years of rigged polls, an unprecedented number of voters embraced the chance to have their say.<br/> But many in Tahrir said the elections were not as free and fair as they could be.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MASS MEDIA RESEARCHER, NASSER MAHFUZ:<br/> "There were obvious violations, but when they are reported to the concerned authorities such as the higher committee for elections or the armed forces, they do not respond."<br/> Protesters here say they do not trust the military council, that has been in charge of Egypt since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, to run the elections.<br/> But in the port city of Alexandria, voters backed the polls.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) COMMUTER, ABDEL AZIZ MOHAMED:<br/> "After this revolution, I don't think things will be anything other than transparent. Everything will be transparent and I've felt a complete change in terms of these elections."<br/> Vote counting has begun and early results indicate that the Muslim Brotherhood has secured around 40 percent of the vote.<br/> The election takes place over three stages and ends in January.<br/> Simon Hanna, Reuters.
