Egyptians head to election polls to elect country's Pres

The Egyptian Presidential election will kick-start on March 26 with millions of Egyptian voters heading to polls to choose the country's leader.

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There are only two candidates running for the country's highest position, current President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi and Al-Ghad Party leader Mousa Mustafa.

Between March 16 and 18, Egypt's expatriates set their ballots with 139 polling stations at Egyptian embassies and consulates in 124 countries.

In 2017, the government estimated the number of Egyptians living abroad at a total 9.4 million.

Sixty million eligible voters will cast their ballots in the election in Egypt on March 26-28.

The current election's candidates were given a period of 28 days to advertise and claim their case for presidency with current President Al-Sisi basing his campaign on what was achieved on the ground during his four-year term.

Mustafa, on his part, said that he would continue the process of development and progression in the country, if and when, he becomes President of Egypt.

Various Egyptian legal, state, and security authorities said they were ready for the election's proceedings, urging citizens to cast their votes in an orderly and organized manner.

The National Election Authority (NEA) said that 17,000 judges would be present at election polls with 95,000 employee at election committees.

NEA Chairman Justice Ibrahim Lashin called on all Egyptians to vote in the presidential elections, saying it was a national duty.

This is the third Presidential elections to be held since the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak in the revolution on January 25, 2011.

Teams from the Arab League, African Union, as well as other national, regional, and international organizations will observe the election.

In the unlikely case of re-election, Egyptians from within and abroad are urged to vote once more with April 19-21 as dates for Egyptian expatriates to cast their votes and April 24-26 for Egyptians in the country to cast their votes again.