Egyptian polling stations opened their doors on Monday morning, at 9 am across the country for voters to elect a president, with people rejoicing and playing patriotic songs on speakers.<\/p>\n
Only two competitors are in the running for the presidency: current President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and head of the Ghad Party Moussa Mostafa Moussa.<\/p>\n
Sisi is widely expected to win a second term in office.<\/p>\n
Sisi cast his vote in the election early this morning at the opening of the polling stations in Heliopolis.<\/p>\n
The Cabinet\u2019s operation room responsible for following the election reported a delayed opening of certain polling stations in Sohag, Assiut, and Minya, due to the delay of the judges supervising the polling stations.<\/p>\n
The National Election Authority (NEA) announced a hotline number, 19826, for making complaints on voting irregularities. The NEA appealed to citizens to communicate any complaints related to the electoral process.<\/p>\n
Citizens danced to the tune of national songs in front of a number of electoral committees, holding pictures of Sisi.<\/p>\n
Senior voters and women made a significant turnout to polling stations during morning hours in Cairo\u2019s Sayyeda Zeinab, Old Cairo, other areas of the capital, as well as in Qalyubia governorate.<\/p>\n
Deputy head of the NEA Mahmoud al-Sherif said in a phone-in on Sunday with \u2018Hona al-Asema\u2018 talk show on the privately-owned CBC satellite channel that 59.78 million Egyptian are eligible to vote in the election. He added that 18,000 judges are supervising the election.<\/p>\n
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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