The constitution will nullify all decrees passed by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. (Jonathan Rashad/Creative Commons)

Election officials announced Tuesday that 63.8 percent of voters said yes to the new constitution. Turnout was low: only one-third of eligible voters voted in two separate rounds, one held on December 15 and one held on December 22.  

The constitution will restructure Egypt's Supreme Court and will bar members of Mubarak's party from running in elections for 10 years. It also nullifies power-grabbing decrees passed by Egypt's ruling military council and President Mohammed Morsi.

The Islamist-backed constitution has stoked fears from liberals, moderates and Christians who say it fails to secure basic liberties.

From Reuters:

Mursi's opponents say the new constitution could allow clerics to intervene in lawmaking, while offering scant protections to minorities and women. Mursi dismisses those criticisms, and many Egyptians are fed up with street protest movements that have prevented a return to normality.

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Despite allegations from the opposition of voter fraud, the election committee approved of the results. Al Jazeera reports that unlike previous elections following the Arab Spring, the opposition has not planned any major demonstrations:

Cairo, gripped by often violent protests in the runup to the vote, appeared calm after the announcement and opposition groups have announced no plans for demonstrations to mark the result. 

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One temporary consequence of the new constitution: President Mohammed Morsi no longer has absolute power. From NPR:

Once official results are announced, President Mohammed Morsi is expected to give up his all-inclusive powers. A set of controversial decrees he issued last month, that effectively put him above the law, will be void when the constitution is adopted. He is also expected to hand over legislative powers to the upper house of parliament until a new lower house is elected and assumes its role as the legislature. 

Read Al Jazeera's full article here. Reuters' article can be found here, and NPR's article can be found here. Reach reporter Aaron Liu here.