{"id":21324,"date":"2014-05-29T08:31:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T08:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=21324"},"modified":"2014-05-29T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T08:59:00","slug":"egypt-election-sisi-secures-crushing-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/egypt-election-sisi-secures-crushing-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt election: Sisi secures crushing win"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won an overwhelming victory in Egypt’s presidential election, according to provisional results.<\/p>\n
He gained over 96% of the vote with ballots from most polling stations counted, state media say.<\/p>\n
Turnout is expected to be around 45% despite a massive push to get more people to polling stations. Many groups boycotted the vote.<\/p>\n
Mr Sisi deposed President Mohammed Morsi last July after mass protests.<\/p>\n
He has overseen a bloody crackdown on Mr Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement in which more than 1,400 people have been killed and 16,000 detained.<\/p>\n
The Brotherhood said it would boycott the vote, as did many liberal and secular activist groups.<\/p>\n
Hamdeen Sabahi, the only other candidate in the election, said earlier his team had recorded “violations” in the voting process.<\/p>\n
However, he rejected calls from his supporters to withdraw from the elections, saying it was not in the interest of Egyptians.<\/p>\n