CAIRO - 20 December 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated, on Wednesday Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi on his re-election for a new presidential term. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi secured another presidency term for additional six years after winning the 2024 Presidential Elections with 39.702.541 votes or 89.6% of total valid votes, according to the National Elections Authority. Candidate Farid Zahran won third place in the 2024 presidential elections with a total number of 1,776,952 votes, or 4% of total valid votes. Ahmed Bandari, Director of the Executive Body of Egypt’s NEA said in his speech that 2024 Egypt's elections was a 'great example' of elections that showed political and constitutional awareness,He added that the world witnessed unprecedented voting rates in Egypt's 2024 presidential elections. The 2024 presidential election is the fifth multi-party presidential elections that the country has witnessed in its modern history.

Source: Egypt Today December 20, 2023 18:14 UTC