After two days of voting on the nation's new constitution and military-backed government, Egypt's polls closed on Wednesday -- although some say voters didn't exercise the same freedoms one might expect from a purely "democratic" election.

The Christian Science Monitor reported that the military government created a "nationalistic climate around the vote with a simple message: A 'yes' vote is a vote for Egypt; a 'no' vote is a vote for terrorism and chaos".

On the first day of voting alone, at least three Morsi supporters were killed in clashes with police, and 249 others arrested on charges of disrupting the voting process. The elections in general, however, were mostly peaceful. 

Many see the election as way to test the public opinion of the coup that ousted Mohammed Morsi from presidency in July.

A strong "yes" vote would support the military chief, General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in running for president - and analysts point to a high likelihood of the constitution passing. Still, the larger-than-expected number of boycotts points to a political divide between Morsi supporters and supporters of the new military-backed government.

Ballots are expected to be counted within the next few days. 

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