Sisi’s campaign team said he had won about 95 percent of the ballots collected from nearly half of the polling stations. It also said Sisi had already received more than 10.5 million votes, while his sole rival, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahy received about 350,000.
Sisi’s popularity has surged since the military toppled former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last July. The harsh security crackdown that followed has left hundreds of protesters dead and thousands of others in detention. Morsi himself is also in prison and faces several charges.
