CAIRO - Preliminary results show Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is leading the presidential race with 21.5 million votes, state-owned newspaper Akhbarelyoum said early on Thursday.

Sisi is expected to win a second term in office against his opponent Mousa Mostafa Mousa, who according to the newspaper only garnered 721,000 votes.

There are about 60 million eligible voters in Egypt.

(Reporting by Hesham Hajali; Editing by Kim Coghill) ((Hesham.Hajali@thomsonreuters.com; +201098472863;))