A group of protesters have attacked the campaign headquarters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in the capital, Cairo.
They set fire to an annex to the headquarters building in the Dokki district late on Monday, reports said, while Egyptian TV stations broadcast its footage.
The attackers also ransacked the building, allegedly taking campaign posters and computers from there, BBC reported.
No one was reportedly injured, as firefighters quickly put out the blaze, leaving damages to the building.
Police have arrested eight suspects near the headquarters.
Hundreds of protesters have been rallying around the building as well as the city's central Tahrir Square, scene of the protests which forced President Hosni Mubarak to quit in February last year.
They are protesting to manifest their frustration and anger over the official election results, which showed that Shafiq, who was the last Prime Minister of Mubarak and is viewed by many as a representative of the old regime, is still in the race to the presidency.
Egypt's election commission confirmed on Monday that Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi and Shafiq have qualified for the June 16 run-off that will see Egypt's first democratically elected President.
None of the 13 presidential aspirants managed to secure 50 percent votes that was required for an outright victory in the first round of polls held last week.
Morsi, who topped with 5.76 million or 24.3 percent of the votes, and Shafiq, who came close behind by securing 5.5 million or 23.3 percent, made it to the second round of presidential elections.
The leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi came third with 4.82 million or 20.4 percent votes. Protesters reportedly took to the streets in his stronghold city of Alexandria.
Former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa was pushed to the fifth position.
Although the election commission had earlier disqualified Shafik under a new enactment that barred senior officials of the Mubarak regime from running for office, it later lifted the ban on appeal. The commission also referred the legislation to the Supreme Constitutional Court, which is yet to rule on the issue.
Two of the defeated candidates cited violations in the voting and counting process and demanded a recount, which the election commission rejected. Nevertheless, the commission admitted there were some "shortcomings," but insisted that they had not affected the result.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which has been ruling Egypt after Mubarak's exit, abolished the Constitution and dissolved the Parliament.
During the transitional period, the military set up general elections, which were swept by Islamists.
SCAF had pledged to hand over power to the newly-elected President on July 1.
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