president of the muslim brotherhood party. his rival, the former prime minister for ousted president hose nyeny mubarak came up about 1 million votes short. as the results were announced, this was the reaction of the crowd in tahrir square. they were exuberant. cnn s senior international correspondent ben wedeman is standing over tahrir square on a balcony there. crowds are still pretty sizable even with nightfall? reporter: in fact, with nightfall the crowds are only getting bigger. in fact, when the announcement was made, i d say there is maybe one-third of the square was full. now it s absolutely jam-packed and more and more people are coming and i spent this celebration is going to go on well into the night. now it s cool and breezy, so most people if you look at the roads down below, people are pouring in. in fact, fredricka, i have not seen so many people in this square since february 11th, 2011, when of course hosni mubar mubarak, that s the day when hosni mubarak