Egypt's Sisi re-elected with nearly 92% of votes

March 29, 2018 15:53

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected for a second term with a sweeping majority, garnering nearly 92 per cent of the total votes, media reports said today.

According to early estimates, more than 23 million Egyptians voted for the 63-year-old Field Marshal in the three-day presidential election. His sole challenger, the little-known centrist politician and al Ghad party chief Moussa Mostafa Moussa, is estimated to have obtained 3 per cent of the vote.

Vote counting started after polling stations closed yesterday. According to non-official figures, 21,088,295 people voted for Sisi in polling stations across Egypt. The official results will be announced on April 2. -- PTI

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