Egypt's incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi won the 2024 presidential election with 89.6 percent of valid votes, said the National Election Authority (NEA) on Monday.

At a press conference in the capital Cairo, the NEA said the turnout reached 66.8 percent of the total 67 million eligible voters.

Voting in Egypt took place between December 10 and 12, while Egyptians abroad cast their vote between December 1 and 3 in 121 countries.

Four candidates ran for the presidency, namely Sisi, the Social Democratic Party's Farid Zahran, Al-Wafd Party's Abdel-Sanad Yamama, and Hazem Omar from the People's Republican Party.

(With input from Xinhua)

(Cover: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi casts his vote for the presidential elections at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, December 10, 2023. /CFP)