Current Egyptian head of state, former marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, He won the presidential election for the third time in a row with 89.6% of the vote and will remain in power for another six years, the election commission said today.

Taking this into account, head National Electoral Authority (NEA) of Egypt, Hazem Badawi, declared Al-Sisi the winner of the election with “the highest participation rate in Egyptian history” – 66.8%, which means that 44 million 777 thousand 668 people turned out to vote out of 67 million 32 thousand 438 people eligible to vote. .

Al-Sisi received 39 million 702 thousand 451 votes (89.6%), and the second candidate with the most votes was Hazem Omar, Republican People’s Party (RPP), with 1 million 986 thousand 352 (4.5%).

Omar was being followed Farid Zahran, boss Egyptian Social Democratic Party (PES), with 1 million 776 thousand 952 votes (4%), and the last place went to Abdel Sanad Yamama, Chapter Wafd Party, from 822 thousand 606 (1.9%).

Of the registered votes, 1.1% were invalidated, Badawi said.

At his speech, Badawi noted that “all categories of society participated” in these elections, in which there were no “violations.”

“This is the lowest percentage of spending on election campaigns and unprecedented neutrality,” he emphasized in the context of the serious economic crisis that the country of the pharaohs experienced.

These elections were marked by fears of the possible displacement of Palestinians into Egypt, as well as general discontent among the population in the face of the severe economic crisis that the country is experiencing, noted inflation official almost 40% and loss of more than half Egyptian pound.