El-sissi Wins Egypt’s Presidential Election With 89.6 Percent of Vote and Secures 3rd Term in Office

CAIRO—Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi won reelection to a third, six-year term in office, election authorities announced Monday. He ran against three virtually unknown opponents. El-Sissi recorded a landslide victory, securing 89.6 percent of the vote, the National Election Authority said. Turnout was 66.8 percent of more than 67 million registered voters. “The voting percentage is the highest in the history of Egypt,” declared Hazem Badawy, the election commission chief, who announced the official results in a televised news conference. The vote was overshadowed by the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza on Egypt’s eastern border, which has threatened to expand into wider regional turmoil....