DHAKA: Egypt has entered for a second day of polling in the presidential election.

A huge security operation has been mounted by police and the military, amid fear of attacks by militants seeking to disrupt the polls.

Former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, who deposed Islamist president Mohammed Mursi last year, is standing against left-wing candidate Hamdeen Sabahi.

Sisi is forecast to win the presidential election, the second in two years, by a comfortable margin.

Unofficial results are expected hours after polls close on Tuesday, reports the BBC.

Shortly after polls opened on Monday, Sisi cast his vote at a polling station in Heliopolis, Cairo, amid a throng of reporters and spectators.

‘The Egyptians are coming out to write their history and chart their future,’ said the 59-year-old, dressed in a dark suit and tie.

BDST: 1205 HRS, MAY 27, 2014