"Vote, even vote against me, but vote," he has been urging the country's 20.6 million electors as he criss-crossed the country in search of a third five-year term.
His supporters have organised some 8,000 meetings, which have passed off without incident,
His reelection appears to be a foregone conclusion, not least because the poll is being boycotted by the traditional opposition.
He hopes that a score better than the 84.99 percent he achieved in 2004 will give him an enhanced authority.
"A president who is not elected with a crushing majority is not a president," he said when launching his candidature, the constitution having been changed to allow him to stand for a third term.
In 2004, turnout was a little under 60 percent of those eligible to vote.
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