As the vote count continues, there’s little suspense over who won the election on the nation’s talk shows

The presidential election and ongoing vote count continued to occupy most of the time on the airwaves last night.

The talking heads aren’t holding their breaths over the result: “Although I can’t officially say the result, it’s become quite clear for everyone based on the preliminary results from polling stations,” Al Hayah Al Youm’s Mohamed Sherdy said (watch, runtime: 4:54). Meanwhile, Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa covered the fierce competition between candidates Farid Zahran and Hazem Omar for (distant) second place, while ripping into the Wafd party for its candidate’s expected poor performance (watch, runtime: 7:05).

A record turnout? Early indicators suggest that over 65% of eligible voters participated in the presidential elections, which would be the highest percentage in Egypt’s history, Masaa DMC’s Dina El Wakeel said (watch, runtime: 2:04).

AND- The coverage of the war on Gaza began to ramp up again last night following Tuesday’s UN General Assembly vote and US President Joe Biden’s minor shift in tone with Israel. Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 11:10), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 1:22), and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 10:29) all had coverage.