Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi won the presidential election in Egypt with 89.6% of the vote, the national elections authority announced on Monday. Authority head Hazem Badawy said turnout had reached an “unprecedented” rate.
In Egypt, outgoing President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi won his third presidential election with 89.6% of the vote.
Marshal Al-Sissi came to power in 2013, after overthrowing former president Mohamed Morsi, he was reappointed at the head of the country for a period of 6 years.
According to Egyptian authorities, participation had reached an “unprecedented” rate of 66.8% of Egypt’s 67 million voters. More than 39 million voters voted for the outgoing president, who has ruled Egypt for a decade.
According to the Egyptian National Electoral Commission, the head of state obtained an indisputable score of 89.6% of the votes. This is the most important election in the country’s history, according to an official from this commission.
This presidential election took place in a context marked by the war in the Middle East, between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, not far from Egypt’s eastern border, which threatens to set the region ablaze.