Egyptians queuing at polling stations is my pride: Sisi

CAIRO – 28 March 2018: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi praised Egyptian voters on Twitter, five minutes after polling stations shut their doors on Wednesday, marking the end of the third and last day of voting for the first round of the presidential election.

“The voice of Egyptians is, beyond any reasonable doubt, testament of our nation's will to strongly impose itself. The scene of Egyptians queuing at polling stations is my pride and bears silent witness to our nation's greatness, whose sons have shed much blood for its future,” Sisi tweeted.

صوت جموع المصريين سيظل شاهداً - بلا شك - على أن إرادة أمتنا تفرض نفسها بقوة لا تعرف الضعف .. وستظل مشاهد المصريين أمام لجان الإقتراع محل فخرى وإعتزازى ودليلاً دامغاً على عظمة أمتنا التى قدم أغلى أبناؤها الدماء كى نعبر سوياً نحو المستقبل pic.twitter.com/3Sf4IACujM

— Abdelfattah Elsisi (@AlsisiOfficial) ٢٨ مارس، ٢٠١٨

Egyptians headed to the polls from March 26 to 28 to cast their votes for the 2018 presidential election between incumbent President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and Head of Al-Ghad party Moussa Moustafa Moussa.

Alexandria, Cairo, Giza and North Sinai governorates have recorded the highest turnout so far, according to a statement by the Supreme Media Council late on Tuesday.

Although no official reports were released regarding the size of turnout so far, women and the elderly have shown surprising participation across different governorates.