Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egyptians go to the ballot boxes on Monday to vote for their fourth president in as many years. Unlike the last time they elected a president, the result of this election is a foregone conclusion. The former defense minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is widely expected to win in a massive landslide. What remains, however, rather difficult to predict is: what will an el-Sisi presidency bring to Egypt? Egyptians have gone to the ballot box more than a half dozen times in the past four years. The last presidential elections resulted in a large number of candidates emerging, splitting the vote and leading to a run off between Ahmed Shafiq and Mohamed Morsy. The result was close, leading to the Muslim Brotherhood candidature of Morsy barely triumphing over Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Shafiq.
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Egyptians go to the ballot boxes Monday to vote for their fourth president in as many years.
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H.A. Hellyer says the former defence minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is widely expected to win.
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But he says what el-Sisi will bring is harder to predict as his platform is unclear.
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Egyptians need economic, security and corruption issues to be tackled, Hellyer says.
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