Egyptian elections

Ex-Egyptian presidential candidate Tantawy found guilty of forgery

During the campaign for the 2023 election, which Sisi won with nearly 90% of the vote, Tantawy said dozens of family members and allies were arrested.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi waves as he arrives to the opening ceremony of the New Suez Canal
 A person carries a picture of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the first day of the presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, December 10, 2023.

Egyptian President Sisi seeks third term, elections begin

 Vehicles pass under a billboard supporting presidential candidate and current Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in front of the al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque at the New Administrative Capital (NAC) in the desert east of Cairo, Egypt December 8, 2023.

Egyptians head to polls in election overshadowed by Gaza war

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in Cairo, Egypt on September 14, 2023.

Critics question timing of Egypt’s upcoming presidential election


Egypt's Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition

The election featured only one other candidate - himself an ardent Sisi supporter - after all serious opposition contenders halted their campaigns in January.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi casts his vote during the presidential election in Cairo, Egypt March 26, 2018

Egypt Election: Liverpool soccer star emerges as top challenger to Sisi

And he was not even on the ballot.

Egyptian soccer star playing for Liverpool, Mohamed Salah

Expert: Sisi could face protests after election 'facade'

Sisi ran virtually unchallenged after various credible candidates were arrested or bowed out under pressure.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Running virtually unopposed, Sisi wins Egypt's low turnout election

Critics say the contest recalled the kind of vote that kept Arab autocrats in power for decades before the 2011 Arab Spring.

People walk in front of banners with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during preparations for the presidential election in Cairo, Egypt

Sisi to win Egyptian election but seeks high turnout

Sisi, 63, faces only one challenger who is a long-time supporter of the president.

A busy street near a poster of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi from the campaign titled “Alashan Tabneeha” (So You Can Build It), for the upcoming presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, January 22, 2018.

Foreign press comes under fire in run-up to Egypt’s election

The story of Younis is the most prominent among several cases that rocked Egypt late last month.

Zubeida Ibrahim Younis

Egypt calls for BBC boycott amid dispute over critical report

The report came weeks before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is to stand for re-election virtually unopposed after opponents halted their campaigns and a top challenger was jailed.

A busy street near a poster of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi from the campaign titled “Alashan Tabneeha” (So You Can Build It), for the upcoming presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, January 22, 2018.

Seven years later: The Arab Spring's messy endings

Most in the region are not looking back at those momentous events. Instead, they are dealing with the aftereffects.

Men shout slogans during demonstrations on the seventh anniversary of the toppling of president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, in Tunis, Tunisia January 14, 2018

This time the (white) American majority might vote and change the country’s path

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Polling for power

Recent elections in Egypt and Turkey have enabled their leaders to consolidate their rule

A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the runoff to the first round of parliamentary elections in Imbaba, Egypt, October 27

Pour al-Sissi, l'heure de vérité a sonné

L’Egypte vote pour renouveler son parlement. Objectif de l’actuel président : écarter les islamistes,et trouver le soutien nécessaire aux réformes

Elections législatives en Egypte