The President of Egypt, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has has won his re-election for a third term with 89.6% of the vote, the electoral commission has announced.
Sisi defeated three other candidates with the runner-up finishing a distant second with only 4.5%. of the votes.
Recall that leading opposition candidate, Ahmed Tantawy had pulled out months before last week’s poll, claiming intimidation and violence against his campaign camp.
Egypt’s faltering economy and the war in Gaza were key electoral issues.
Mr Sisi won again in 2018. The victory in the latest election means he will be in power until 2030, when he is barred by the constitution from running again.
Roads have been expanded and flyovers built, and a new capital costing billions of dollars has been constructed near Cairo but is barely inhabited.
Critics say this has drained much of the country’s economic resources and created unprecedented levels of debt that have crippled the economy.
Egypt’s parliament extended presidential terms from four to six years. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was also allowed to run for third term in next election in 2024.