Egyptian voter turnout higher on weekend in Rome: Amb.

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Sat, 17 Mar 2018 - 05:01 GMT

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Egyptian ambassador to Rome  Hesham Badr with expats after voting in presidential election- Egypt Today

Egyptian ambassador to Rome Hesham Badr with expats after voting in presidential election- Egypt Today

CAIRO – 17 March 2018: Egyptian expatriates’ voter turnout in Rome is higher on the second day of voting because it coincided with the weekend, Egyptian Ambassador to Rome Hesham Badr told Egypt Today on Saturday.

“A large number of Egyptian families headed to the embassy in Rome and from other Italian cities on the weekend,” said Badr.

On Thursday evening, Egyptian expatriates started to cast their votes worldwide, choosing between incumbent President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and his only rival, Moussa Mostafa Moussa, al-Ghad party’s chairperson.

The election is being conducting in 139 embassies and consulates across 129 countries according to data from the NEA. Consulates and embassies in different countries officially opened their doors on Friday at 9:00 a.m. local time in each country.

This is the third presidential election to be held since the January 25 Revolution in 2011; a run-off round, if needed, is scheduled to take place in April.

The government and media outlets in Egypt have urged voters to head to the polls on the second day of the country's presidential election, amid a sign of a higher-than-expected turnout in the balloting on the first day.

Sixty million eligible voters at home are due to cast their ballots in the country's 27 governorates starting March 26 until 28.

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