Abdel Fattah al-Sisi wins his 3rd term as Egyptian President with 89.6% of the vote. Some voters were influenced by the conflict in Gaza. The election took place amidst economic crisis and concerns about spillover from the war in Sinai Peninsula.
Some voters say the eruption of conflict in Gaza had encouraged them to vote for Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has long presented himself as a bulwark of stability in a volatile region. Election authorities said on Monday that he faced no serious challengers, and he called the vote a rejection of the 'inhumane war' in neighboring Gaza . The election, in which he took 89.
6% of the vote according to the National Election Authority, was held as Egypt struggles with a slow-burning economic crisis and tries to manage the risk of spillover from the war adjacent to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
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