Services for Votes: Egypt’s Government Seeks High Election Turnout

Officials promise public-service improvements to boost participation in ballot President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi is certain to win.

CAIRO—Governments of several Egyptian provinces offered incentives ranging from new playgrounds to improved sanitation systems for people to come out to vote in the presidential election, intensifying efforts to bolster Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s claim of popular support.

Mr. Sisi’s victory in the three days of balloting that began Monday is ensured since every major opposition candidate was jailed or removed from competition in the months before the election. Now, the government’s priority is a high turnout to show a broad mandate...