Sisi wins landslide victory in Egypt election

Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a landslide victory in a presidential election yesterday but a low turnout threatened to deprive him of the strong mandate he needs to fix the economy and face down an Islamist insurgency.

Sisi won 93.3% of votes cast, judicial sources said, with most ballots counted.

His only rival, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, gained 3% while 3.7% of votes were declared void.