The preliminary results of Egypt’s 2024 presidential elections vote count indicate that incumbent President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is leading with over 90 percent of the votes, as reported by Extra News TV channel on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, presidential candidates Farid Zahran, representing the Social Democratic Party, and Hazem Omar, representing the People’s Republican Party, are competing to secure second place, the channel said, citing preliminary results conducted by the general committees in various governorates across the country.
Following these reports, Abdel-Sanad Yamama, the presidential candidate from the Wafd party, who is expected to come in fourth, declared on Wednesday that he has no plans to appeal the decisions of the general committees.
In an interview with Cairo24 news website, Yamama indicated that he has not received official numbers from the general committees, adding that he will meet with members of his campaign in the upcoming hours to discuss the latest developments.
The three-day voting period in Egypt’s presidential elections wrapped up on Tuesday.
A day earlier, the NEA executive director said that approximately 30 million people, or 45 percent of eligible voters, had cast their ballots by the afternoon of the second day, Ahram writes.
