Nearly 64% of voters in an Egyptian referendum have supported a proposed new constitution, the election commission has announced.
The result of the two votes – held in stages on 15 and 22 December – was made public on Tuesday by the commission live on state-run Nile News TV.
Elections must now take place within two months.
Critics say the document, which has triggered mass protests, betrays the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
But President Mohammed Morsi’s mainly Islamist supporters say it will secure democracy and encourage stability.
Turnout was 32.9% of Egypt’s total of 52 million voters, election commission President Samir Abul Maati told a news conference in Cairo.
He said that the new constitution was supported by 63.8% of voters over the two rounds of voting.
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