Cairo: Hamdin Sabbahi, from the Leftist Al-Karamah party, has demanded a recount in Egypt`s presidential election citing many violations.

Sabbahi, who is said to have come third, said conscripts had voted illegally.

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According to unofficial results from state media, Sabbahi missed out on the second round by 700,000 votes, The BBC reports. Sabbahi`s spokesman Hossam Mounis said they will legally challenge the election results on Sunday.

"The evidence we have, and that we are still accumulating, shows a big number of violations in many polling centres that would affect the final results," Mounis said.

Sabbahi is said to have gained 21.5 percent of the votes.

Next month`s run-off will be between candidates of the Muslim Brotherhood and those loyal to the Mubarak regime.

Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi has a slight lead over former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, with an almost 25.3 percent votes against 24.9 percent votes for Shafiq. ANI