UPDATED: Initial results show Egypt’s El-Sisi
2018 presidential elections vote count starts in polling station in Cairo,
Egypt, March 29, 2018 (Photo: Ahram Arabic news website)
Initial results of Egypt’s presidential elections show that incumbent President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is garnering a sweeping majority, with a vote share of around 90 percent, Ahram Arabic and state news agency MENA reported.
Vote counting began after the polls closed at 10pm on Wednesday, the third and final day of voting.
Early estimates of voter turnout have varied across Egypt’s governorates.
In Egypt’s second city of Alexandria, El-Sisi received around 88 percent of the vote, with a turnout of about 38 percent, Ahram Arabic news website reported.
In Daqahliya, one of the country’s most populated governorates, El-Sisi received 85 percent of votes, with almost 47 percent of eligible voters casting their ballots, according to Ahram Arabic.
El-Sisi is running against a sole challenger, Ghad Party head Moussa Mostafa Moussa, in this election.
In the Nile Delta governorate of Gharbiya, El-Sisi obtained 90 percent of votes, with a turnout of more than 50 percent, according to Egypt’s state news agency MENA.
Hours before polls closed on Wednesday, the country’s electoral authority extended the vote by one hour.
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