{"id":27890,"date":"2018-03-28T08:49:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T08:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.ecomnewsmed.com.ecn-01.ovea.com\/2018\/03\/28\/10-must-know-facts-about-the-egyptian-presidential-election\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T11:31:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:31:43","slug":"10-must-know-facts-about-the-egyptian-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/03\/28\/10-must-know-facts-about-the-egyptian-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"10 must know facts about the Egyptian presidential election"},"content":"\n60 million of people are apparently eligible for voting in a country where 100 million people are living in.\nWhy can\u2019t the others 40 million people vote?\nIn Egypt,\u00a0the age limiting the vote first as the poll is open to 18 years old minimum voters. People with mental disorder can\u2019t vote (Law 45\/2014) as well as those already convicted of a felony. Armed forces and police are not allowed to vote.\nTo vote, the citizen must show a valid ID otherwise they can\u2019t participate. Citizen are invited to vote within their residential area proved by a valid address. Polling stations\u00a0were opened 12 hours for two days from 9 am to 9 pm.\u00a0\nSecurity concerns\nEgyptian Ministry of Interior\u00a0enlisted 200 000 security guards nationwide. Indeed the power fears an umpteenth terrorist attack.\nHow are Egyptian elections working out?\nTo win at the first round, it is expected by the law to gather 51% of the ballot. Given the no-surprise situation, Al Sissi is about to score it. The sole interest of those elections\u00a0is actually the final turnout. Results will be gathered by a local committee which is communicating the ballot at the end of the poll.\nThe 1st round primary result is expected to be known on the 2nd of\u00a0April if no candidates are making an appeal decision. The final result will be announced on the 2nd of April but the official 2018 presidential election results (including turnout) will be released on May the 1st.\nDiscover out our latest videos about the economic news in Egypt :\u00a0\n\n\u00a0\n\n","author":75,"featured_media":4866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[1201,5761,5763,2961,5750,5759,5762],"location":[5600],"class_list":["post-27890","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-agenda","tag-decision-makers","tag-direct-broadcasting","tag-institutions","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-trending","location-egypt"],"short_url":"","have_related_news":null,"chapo":"With a great absence of surprise into the 2018 Egyptian election, as the sole candidate Abdel Fattah El Sissi is about to win, Ecomnews Med details you the poll rules of the country.","media":{"src":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/voa_egypt_2012_election-1-1.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/voa_egypt_2012_election-1-1.jpg 550w","sizes":"550px","alt":"10 must know facts about the Egyptian presidential election 1","width":550,"height":360,"ratio":0.69,"credit_photo":""},"media-news-header":{"src":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/voa_egypt_2012_election-1-1.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/voa_egypt_2012_election-1-1.jpg 1170w","sizes":"1170px","alt":"10 must know facts about the Egyptian presidential election 1","width":1170,"height":658,"ratio":0.69,"credit_photo":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>10 must know facts about the Egyptian presidential election - Ecomnews Med<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"60 million of people are apparently eligible for voting in a country where 100 million people are living in. 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