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		</div><p>Egyptians have begun voting in an election in which President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi faces no serious challenger and is certain to win another term, keeping him in power until 2030.</p>
<p>The election has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.</p>
<p>Almost all Egyptians’ attention has been on the war on their country’s eastern borders and the suffering of Palestinian civilians in the coastal enclave.</p>
<p>The three-day vote, beginning on Sunday, is also taking place amid a staggering economic crisis in Egypt, a country of 105 million people in which nearly a third live in poverty, according to official figures.</p>
<p>The crisis stems from mismanagement of the economy but also from the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic and the Russian war in Ukraine, which rattled the global economy.</p>
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Mr El-Sissi faces three other candidates: Farid Zahran, head of the opposition Social Democratic Party; Abdel-Sanad Yamama, chairman of Wafd Party; and Hazem Omar, head of the Republican People’s Party.</p>
<p>An ambitious young presidential hopeful, Ahmed Altantawy, dropped out of the race after he failed to secure the required signatures from residents to secure his candidacy.</p>
<p>He blamed his failure on what he said was harassment by security agencies of his campaign staff and supporters.</p>
<p>The vote runs for three days, starting on Sunday, with a run-off scheduled for January 8-10 if no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote, according to the National Election Authority, a judicial-chaired body that runs the electoral process.</p>
<p>Egyptian expatriates cast their ballots on December 1-3.</p>
<p>Ahead of the vote, the interior ministry, which oversees police forces, deployed thousands of troops across the country to secure the election.</p>
<p>More than 67 million people are eligible to vote and authorities are hoping for a high turnout to give the election legitimacy.</p>
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