(8 Jan 2018) The chairman of Egypt's election commission says the country's presidential election will be held between 26-28 March, with a runoff in April.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has yet to formally announce his bid for re-election, but is widely expected to run and win a second four-year term.
Authorities have waged a wide-scale crackdown on dissent since el-Sissi, as defence minister, led the military overthrow of an elected but divisive Islamist president in 2013.
Lasheen Ibrahim, the chairman of the national election authority, announced the dates for the election on Monday.
The runoff will be held between 24-26 April if no candidate secures more than 50 percent of the vote.
Egyptian expatriates will vote on 16-18 March and 19-21 April.
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