Egypt’s Sisi wins third term as president after amending constitution

Faced no serious challengers, Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won a third six-year term with 89.6% of the vote, the Egyptian electoral commission has announced.

The president was able to claim the top job after Egypt’s constitution was amended in 2019, extending the presidential term to six years from four, and allowing Sisi to stand for a third term.

The election was held as Egypt struggles with a slow-burning economic crisis and tries to manage the risk of spillover from the Israel-Hamas war adjacent to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.