Sisi likely to win landslide victory in presidential election as exit poll results show
Incumbent Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is likely to win a landslide victory as polling stations for the three-day presidential elections closed Wednesday at 21:00 local time.
On March 19, the most populous Arab state wrapped up the three-day voting process of Egyptian expatriates in about 124 countries across the world.
Nearly 60 million Egyptians out of the country’s 104 million population are eligible to vote in some 13,700 polling stations nationwide.
Voters cast their ballots at some 13,706 polling stations nationwide, with about 18,000 judges overseeing the voting process that is also monitored by at least 53 local organizations and nine international ones, besides more than 680 foreign reporters.
“There are a total of 3,930 voters on this roster at our polling station and 1,409 voters of them cast their ballots in the past three days,” said the head of a polling station in Cairo.
After counting the ballots, the results will be sent to the National Elections Authority which will announce the final results on April 2.
A runoff will be held if no single candidate gains more than 50 percent of the vote, according to Egypt’s electoral law. However, Sisi is expected to make an easy win on his sole rival, Moussa Mostafa Moussa, chairman of the AL-Ghad Party, for a second four-year term with over 50 percent of votes. He secured a landslide victory with 96.91 percent of votes in the 2014 presidential election.
The Egyptian leadership seeks a high voter turnout as a sign of popular support for President Sisi’s reelection and the people’s confidence in his leadership for a better future.
The polls are held amid intense security presence and tight security measures taken by the army and the police around polling centers throughout Egypt.
