BREAKING l Sisi gets 94.5% and Sabahi 5.5% in expat vote

Wednesday 21-05-2014 05:50 PM
BREAKING l Sisi gets 94.5% and Sabahi 5.5% in expat vote

Egyptian expatriates living in Lebanon shout slogans in support of Egyptian presidential candidate and former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as they hold an Egyptian flag along with pictures of Sisi in front of the Egyptian embassy in Beirut May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Sharif Karim

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CAIRO, May 21 (Aswat Masriya) Egypt's elections commission announced on Wednesday that 296,628 (94.5%) Egyptians living abroad have voted for former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi while 17,207 (5.4%) have voted for leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi.

Local polls will open on May 26 and 27.

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