The vote is being held amid rising political tension and constitutional uncertainty
Egyptians are voting in a two-day run-off election to choose their first freely elected president.
Mohammed Mursi, head of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, is up against Ahmed Shafiq, former President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister.The ruling generals have vowed to hand over power to the winner by 30 June.
But correspondents say many who took part in last year's revolution find the choice uninspiring and some have called for a boycott or spoiled ballots.
As polls opened on Saturday morning, there was little sign of the long queues or enthusiasm that characterised the first round, or the parliamentary polls which took place between November and January.
"The revolution was stolen from us," merchant Nabil Abdul Fatah told the Associated Press outside a polling station in Cairo's Imbaba district.
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