Egypt rejects appeal of defeated presidential candidate

Presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi waits to cast his vote during the presidential election in Cairo, May 26, 2014. REUTERS/Steve Crisp

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's elections committee said on Sunday it had rejected a defeated presidential candidate's appeal against voting results that gave former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a landslide victory.

Leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi only got 3 percent of the votes in last week's elections, according to initial results that showed Sisi in the lead with 93 percent of votes.