Report : Losing candidate concedes defeat , challenges the ` ` credibility of the vote . NEW : Report : Turnout was 48 % , below the figure for the last round of the 2012 election . NEW : Interim president cancels pardons of 52 people , including Brotherhood leaders . Ex - military chief El - Sisi won overwhelmingly , according to exit polls and official results .
NEW : Losing candidate concedes defeat , challenges the `` credibility of the vote . NEW : Report : Turnout was 48 % , below the figure for the last round of the 2012 vote . NEW : Interim president cancels pardons of 52 Islamists , including Brotherhood leaders . Ex-military chief El-Sisi won overwhelmingly , according to exit polls and state news .