Voice of America | Egypt's Sisi heads for big win in early provisional count Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who toppled Egypt's first freely elected leader, was on course for a sweeping victory in the country's presidential election on Wednesday, early provisional results showed. But a lower than ... Sisi headed for big win in Egypt election Egypt presidential vote extended to third day Egypt polls open for another day, few voters show up |
Here's Why Egypt Extended Presidential Elections to a Third Day TIME Egyptian authorities announced a one-day extension of voting in the country's presidential election on Tuesday in an attempt to boost low turnout in an election expected to result in a landslide for former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. |
The Guardian | Egyptian presidential election extended to third day The Guardian Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour, has said the state is neutral in the race. But critics portrayed the moves as an attempt to boost the credibility of the former army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, who is expected to win the poll easily. A low ... |
Sisi Expected to Become Egypt's Next President Breitbart News Network Monday is election day in Egypt. Former army General Abdul Fatah el-Sisi, the man who dethroned former Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi, is squaring off against left-wing candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, who finished third in the 2012 election. Polls ... |
The Guardian | Egyptian election extension harms vote's credibility, says poll observer The Guardian Democracy International, a US-based firm with 86 observers currently in Egypt, said the extension "raises more questions about the independence of the election commission, the impartiality of the government, and the integrity of Egypt's electoral process". |
The State | Egypt: El-Sissi way ahead in presidential poll The State Egyptian women arrive to vote at polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country's presidential election from the embarrassment of a low voter turnout, but few people trickled to the polls ... |
Polls close amid low turnout in Egypt presidential vote CNN (CNN) -- Polls finally closed in Egypt's presidential election Wednesday, and workers have started to count the ballots, according to Egyptian state media. An extra day of voting was added to boost turnout, but it may have done little, according to CNN ... |
Egypt extends presidential poll by a day Aljazeera.com Egypt's presidential election has been extended by one more day in an effort to boost low turnout that threatened to undermine the credibility of the frontrunner, former army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The decision followed lower-than-expected turnout ... |
Egypt extends presidential voting to third day amid low turnout; could that ... Washington Post Sissi's rule. A former defense minister and army chief, Sissi led a coup against President Mohamed Morsi — an Islamist who was Egypt's first democratically elected leader — last July in the wake of protests that demanded his ouster, gaining broad ... |
A New Egypt Takes Shape Breitbart News CAIRO—Egyptians went to the polls Monday and Tuesday to cast their vote in presidential elections. Egyptians went to the polls with enthusiasm, singing and dancing in celebration for the opportunity to elect the the next leader of Egypt. They drove ... |