Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 96.9 percent of votes in Egypt’s presidential election, the electoral commission announced Tuesday, almost a year after he overthrew elected Islamist leader Mohammad Mursi.

Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 96.9 percent of votes in Egypt's presidential election, the electoral commission announced Tuesday, almost a year after he overthrew elected Islamist leader Mohammad Mursi.

Turnout in last week's election, hastily extended to three days amid fears of low turnout, was 47.45 percent, said commission chief Anwar Rashad al-Asi.

Sisi's rival Hamdeen Sabbahi won just three percent of the vote, excluding spoiled ballots.