[The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt declared a narrow victory in the first round of a hotly contested constitutional referendum, even as activists’ reports of fraud and calls for a rerun renewed the nation’s political impasse. The Brotherhood’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, said Sunday its own unofficial exit polls showed 56.5% of voters cast ballots in favor of the draft constitution on Saturday. The National Salvation Front, the main opposition group, demanded the electoral authorities consider calls for a rerun. But the group didn’t contest the result and called for a “no” vote in the next and final round on Saturday instead of boycotting it. ]

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