Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-SIsi would stay in power for the next six years after winning last week's election by garnering 89.6% of the vote.
The country's National Elections Authority announced the results on Monday (December 18) after finalizing the counting of votes in the election held between December 10 and 12, with authority chief Hazem Badawy adding that there was an "unprecedented" reach of 66.8% of voters.
Al Jazeera reported that the vote was cast as Egypt dealt with various issues - from the Israel-Hamas war in neighboring Gaza to the country's economy on the brink of freefall.
According to the Egyptian constitution, Sisi's third six-year term starting in April 2024 would be his last.
Uncontested Despite Competitors
While Sisi was poised to win the election, he was still running against three other candidates, none of whom were of high profile.
Runner-up Hazem Omar, who led the Republican People's Party, received 4.5% of the vote, while Egyptian Social Democratic Party leader Farid Zahran and Wafd Party head Abdel-Sanad Yamama gained very minimal votes.
Sisi came to power as a general after staging a coup in 2013 to overthrow its very first popularly-elected president, Mohamed Morsi. The retired general was re-elected in 2018, with 97% of the vote declaring el-Sisi, who was also known as someone who stifled human rights.
Under his regime, Egypt has jailed thousands of political prisoners, and have since pardoned about 1,000 this year, far surpassing the arrests Egyptian authorities got caught over the same period.
