Initial results of Egypt s presidential elections show that incumbent President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is securing an overwhelming majority, with a vote share of around 90 percent, Ahram Arabic and state news agency MENA reported.
El-Sisi s sole rival, Ghad Party head Moussa Mostafa Moussa, appears to have obtained a meager 2-3 percent in most parts across the country.
Preliminary results also suggest that an average of 7 percent of electors have invalidated their votes in the overall election.
El-Sisi is running against a sole challenger, Ghad Party head Moussa Mostafa Moussa, in this election.
In Egypt s second city of Alexandria, El-Sisi received around 88 percent of the vote, with a turnout of about 39 percent, Egypt s state news agency MENA said. His rival Moussa gained less than 3 percent of the vote and some 9 percent of voters had invalidated their ballots there.
In Daqahliya, one of the country s most populated governorates, El-Sisi received 85 percent of the vote and Moussa polled just 2 percent, with almost 47 percent of eligible voters casting their ballots, according to Ahram Arabic.
In the Nile Delta governorate of Gharbiya, El-Sisi obtained 90 percent of the vote, with a turnout of more than 50 percent, Egypt s state news agency MENA said.
In Beheira, another governorate with a large population, El-Sisi garnered 87.5 percent of the vote while Moussa obtained 2.5 percent. Around 7 percent of voters there had invalidated their votes.
El-Sisi late on Wednesday expressed pride at Egyptians who had headed to the polls.
"The voice of the Egyptian masses will undoubtedly remain a witness that the will of our nation is imposing itself with a force that knows no weakness," he wrote on Twitter.
"The scenes of Egyptians at polling stations will remain my source of pride and honour and a compelling proof of the greatness of our nation, whose most precious sons have offered [their] blood so that we can move together towards the future," he added.
Hours before polls closed on Wednesday, the country s electoral authority extended the vote by one hour.
There are around 59 million eligible voters in Egypt.
Official results are due on April 2.
