International observers tour polling stations, monitor electoral process of Egypt's 2025 Senate Elections

CAIRO - 4 August 2025: Judge Ahmed Bandari, Executive Director of the National Elections Authority, followed up Monday with the heads of the general and sub polling stations to monitor the progress of the electoral process, the influx of citizens to polling stations, and the voting process in the early hours of the first day of voting in the 2025 Senate elections.

 

Counselor Ahmed Abu El-Ela, a member of the Executive Authority of the National Elections Authority, led a delegation of international observers from Algeria and Japan to the sub polling stations in the Kerdasa area of Giza to ensure all logistics and facilities provided for the elderly and people with special needs are in place. They will tour the sub polling stations throughout the day.

 

The Senate elections will be held domestically on Monday and Tuesday, August 4 and 5. 428 candidates are competing for 100 seats allocated to the individual system. One list, the National List for Egypt, is running for each of the four constituencies allocated to the list system, with 100 candidates for 100 seats allocated to this system.

 

According to statistics from the National Elections Authority, approximately 63 million Egyptian voters registered in the database are eligible to vote in the 2025 Senate elections. They have been distributed across 8,286 polling stations, including schools, health facilities, and youth centers, to facilitate the process for citizens wishing to cast their votes. This is under the judicial supervision of the Administrative Prosecution Authority and the State Lawsuits Authority, with the participation of 9,500 judges. Judges were assigned to committees in their places of residence, while 2,500 female judges supervised the elections outside their places of residence.

 

The National Elections Authority approved the requests of 18 embassies accredited within the Arab Republic of Egypt, 9 international organizations, and 58 local organizations and associations. It also approved media coverage requests from 168 international and 62 local media outlets to cover the elections.