2023 Egyptian presidential election

2023 Egyptian presidential election

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Registered67,032,438
Turnout66.88% (Increase 25.75pp)
 
Candidate Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Hazem Omar
Party Independent Republican People's
Alliance Nation's Future
Popular vote 39,702,451 1,986,352
Percentage 89.65% 4.49%

Results by governorate
El-Sisi:      80–85%      85–89%      >90%

President before election

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Independent

Elected President

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Egypt in December 2023, as announced by the National Election Authority,[2] after speculation that the elections might be held earlier than expected.[3] Candidate registration was from 5–14 October 2023 and the election was held in Egypt from 10 to 12 December;[2] expatriates voted from 1–3 December.[4]

Incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who initially came to power in the aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, was eligible for re-election since term limits were adjusted from four to six years by a constitutional amendment in 2019, and he technically will not have served as president for more than the maximum of 12 years at the time of the election. His rule has been described as authoritarian.[1][5][6][7][8][9] On 18 December he was reported to have won with 89.6% of the vote. The voter turnout was stated to be 66.8% of registered voters.[10] El-Sisi was inaugurated for another term on 2 April 2024, with his victory attributed to him facing no serious challengers.[11]

  1. ^ a b "Egypt to vote for president in December, Sisi expected to win". Reuters. 25 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Rafik, Farah (25 September 2023). "Egypt's Presidential Elections will be Held in December 2023". Egyptian Streets. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. ^ Magdy, Mirette (14 September 2023). "Egypt Considers Holding Presidential Vote as Soon as This Year". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Voting in Egypt's 2024 presidential elections concludes abroad". Ahram Online. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ^ Truex, Rory; Tavana, Daniel L. (July 2019). "Implicit Attitudes toward an Authoritarian Regime". The Journal of Politics. 81 (3): 1014–1027. doi:10.1086/703209. S2CID 203513334.
  6. ^ Cambanis, Thanassis (22 May 2015). "Egypt's Sisi Is Getting Pretty Good … at Being a Dictator". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Egypt: A Move to Enhance Authoritarian Rule". Human Rights Watch. 2019.
  8. ^ Raghavan, Sudarsan (9 July 2020). "Egypt tries to silence its critics in the United States by jailing their relatives". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  9. ^ Al-Arian, Abdullah (27 February 2020). "Hosni Mubarak's legacy is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  10. ^ "El-Sissi wins Egypt's presidential election with 89.6% of the vote and secures third term in office". CTV News. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Egypt's president is sworn in for a third 6-year term after running virtually unopposed". Associated Press. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

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