- New president to be sworn in despite disappointingly low turn out
- Just 47.5 per cent voted, and critics claim even that figure is inflated
- Sisi now faces challenge of stabilising country rocked by protests
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, the former army chief, won last week's Egyptian elections with a landslide 96.9 per cent of the vote, officials announced today.
Firework celebrations broke out among his supporters as figures released by Egypt's Election Commission confirmed Sisi would become Egypt's next president, despite a disappointingly low turnout of just 47.5 per cent.
Anwar el-Assi, the Election Commission's president, said the former field marshal received 23.78million votes. His sole rival, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, got 3 per cent of the vote.
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