Incumbent Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has won the first round of the presidential election by a big margin, receiving 89.6% of the votes, Hazem Badawy, the head of the Egyptian National Election Authority, said on Monday.
El-Sisi was reelected for a third consecutive term as president of Egypt.
The presidential election took place in Egypt from December 10-12. A total of four candidates, including el-Sisi, ran for a six-year term.
El-Sisi was elected president of Egypt after winning the 2014 elections with 96.90% of the vote. He was re-elected for a second term in 2018, receiving more than 97% of the vote.
In April 2019, Egypt held a referendum that resulted in the adoption of amendments allowing el-Sisi to run for another term and increasing the presidential term from four to six years.