Live Update: Egyptians continue to cast their ballots in 2025 Senate Elections, High turnout seen in several governorates

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4:00 PM: Voting resumed on the 1 day of the 2025 Senate elections after a one-hour break. Voting is scheduled to continue at polling stations until 9:00 PM.

3: 45 PM: Despite pausing the voting process temporarily for an hour rest, voters continue to flock and gather in front of the polling stations to cast their ballots.

3: 20 PM: Voters cooperated to overcome the extreme heat by distributing water bottles to each other while waiting in line at polling stations. Also, as part of the measures taken to facilitate the voting process, seats were provided for the elderly along with wheelchairs and water bottles. 

 

 

 

 

 

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3:00 PM: Polling stations in the 2025 Senate elections closes doors temporarily for one-hour-rest as stipulated in National Elections Authority Resolution No. 33 of 2025.

2: 45 PM: A delegation from the Arab League was seen monitoring the electoral process for the 2025 Senate elections through several visits to polling stations in Heliopolis and Nozha. 

 

2: 30 PM: Dr. Ali Gomaa, former Grand Mufti of Egypt, cast his vote in the Senate elections at Al Nahda School in 6th of October.

 

 

2: 00 PM: Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik casts his vote in the Senate elections, Monday, at his polling station.

 

 

1:10 PM: Large crowds of voters were seen outside the Faculty of Fine Arts polling station in Zamalek since 9:00 a.m. on the 1st day of voting in 2025 Senate elections, amidst impressive organizational measures to facilitate the electoral process.

 

 

 

12: 58 PM: Senate Speaker Counselor Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek, cast his vote in the 2025 Senate Elections, at his polling station at the Martyr Ahmed Abdel Wahab School in Maadi.

 

 

12: 40 PM: Head of the National Elections Authority, Judge Hazem Badawi, cast his vote in the Senate elections at Talaat Harb School in Agouza.

 

 

12: 15 PM: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark casts his vote in the 2025 Senate elections at the Martyr Imtiaz Mohamed Kamel School in El-Waili, Abbasiya. 

 

 

12:09 PM: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hanafi El-Gebali, casts his vote in the Senate elections and calls on Egyptian citizens to participate and exercise their constitutional right.

12:01 PM: Egyptian voters were seen celebrating the Senate elections with music and dance around the polling stations in the Manshiyat al-Qanater district. Voters who flocked since 9 AM to cast their ballots were raising Egyptian flags.

 

 

 

11: 55 AM: Polling stations at Tahya Misr 1 School in Asmarat neighborhood witnesses high turnout of men and women to cast their votes in the 2025 Senate elections.

 

 

11: 50 AM: Counselor Mohamed El-Shenawy, head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, cast his vote on the 1st day of the Senate election at the 15th of May Language School in 15th of May City.

Counselor Shenawy inspected a number of polling stations to ensure the electoral process was going smoothly. He praised the progress of the electoral process and the high turnout at the polling stations.

11: 40 AM: Egypt’s Minister of Culture, Ahmed Fouad Heno cast his vote in the Senate elections at his polling station at the General Authority for Agricultural Development in Dokki.

 

11: 25 AM: Egypt’s Minister of Communications, Amr Talaat casts his vote at the Japanese School in Sheikh Zayed. 

 

11:10 AM: Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation, Sameh El-Hefny, casts his vote in the 2025 Senate elections at the Tahrir School in Heliopolis.

11:06 AM: Egypt’s Electricity Minister Mahmoud Esmat cast his vote at the Al-Manara School polling station in Nasr City in the Senate elections

10: 54 AM: Egypt’s Minister of Housing Sherif El-Sherbiny, cast his vote in the Senate elections at the Fatma Annan polling station in the Fifth Settlement, New Cairo, praising the excellent organization of the electoral process.

 

10: 50 AM: Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy cast his vote in the 2025 Senate elections at his polling station at Siza Nabrawy School in New Cairo.

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10: 40 AM: Counselor Ahmed Bandari, Executive Director of the National Elections Authority and Head of the Authority's Operations Room, says polling stations for the 2025 Senate elections are operating smoothly across the country, with no obstacles that could affect the electoral process.

Bandari listened via video conference to the heads of the general committees in the governorates to follow up on the latest updates regarding 1st voting day.

 

10: 20 AM: Egypt’s National Elections Authority's holds 1st conference to follow up on the first day of the 2025 Senate elections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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10:00 AM: The 6th of October polling stations sees high turnout of voters in the 2025 senate elections

 

 

 

 

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9:30 AM: Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education Ayman Ashour, cast his vote in the 2025 Senate elections at his polling station at Siza Nabrawy School in the Fifth Settlement.

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9:20 AM: Egypt’s PM Mostafa Madbouly cast his vote in the 2025 Senate elections at his polling station at the Egyptian-Japanese School in Sheikh Zayed City, Giza Governorate.

After casting his vote, Dr. Madbouly called on all Egyptian voters to participate in this important national election, considering it a ‘constitutional right and a national duty to contribute positively to shaping the future of their great nation.’

 

 

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9:10 AM: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi cast his ballot in the 2025 Senate elections at his polling station at the Martyr Mustafa Yasser Amira School in Heliopolis

 

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9:00 AM: Polling stations opened their doors for voters all over the country