The Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi has claimed victory in Egypt’s election to become the country's first democratically elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted last year during the "Arab Spring" uprising.

Egypt's electoral commission on Sunday announced the results of the runoff elections, reporting that Morsi won 51-point-seven percent of the votes, while his contender and Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, won 48-point-three percent of votes.

Morsi is a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest Muslim organization.

The results were to be announced Thursday, but the electoral commission delayed the announcement saying it needed to look into some 400 cases of alleged election irregularities.

It's unclear whether state power will be properly handed over to the new president as Egypt's current ruling military council is at odds with the Muslim Brotherhood, and as the country's first free elections in 60 years were held with no working parliament or Constitution in the country.