Egypt's presidential election concludes, critical vote counting process begins

CAIRO

Voting in Egypt’s presidential elections concluded Tuesday, enabling the critical process of counting ballots to begin, the Egyptian news agency MENA reported.

The three-day presidential elections, which began Sunday, featured four candidates, with incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi being the most prominent among them.

While Al-Sisi is poised to win a third term, he faces three other candidates: Farid Zahran, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, Abdel-Sanad Yamama, leader of the Egyptian Wafd party, and Hazem Omar, head of the Republican People's Party.

Al-Sisi won his first and second terms in 2014 and 2018, while constitutional amendments later extended the presidential mandate from four to six years and allowed him to run for a third term.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio