Egypt: Sisi wins a third term with 89.6% in a tightly managed election

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was re-elected to a third term in a vote his three official challengers conceded was uncompetitive before counting finished. The most-watched opposition candidate, Ahmed al-Tantawi, had withdrawn after a campaign of pressure on his organizers, multiple arrests of staff, and a Pegasus spyware infection on his phone. Sisi's win was less the story than the economic crisis it failed to address — the pound went on to halve against the dollar three months later under an IMF deal.

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Egypt: Sisi wins a third term with 89.6% in a tightly managed election [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/1d2faf5c-8ab8-47f2-a171-4efc61333f41

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Egypt: Sisi wins a third term with 89.6% in a tightly managed election." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/1d2faf5c-8ab8-47f2-a171-4efc61333f41.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-1d2faf5c-8ab8-47f2-a171-4efc61333f41,
  title     = {{Egypt: Sisi wins a third term with 89.6% in a tightly managed election}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/1d2faf5c-8ab8-47f2-a171-4efc61333f41},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Event date: 2023-12-18. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2023-12-18. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.