CAIRO – 5 August 2025: The National Elections Authority [NEA] announced on Tuesday that no final results for the Senate 2025 Elections will be announced from the polling stations, and that only NEA president and board of directors are responsible for announcing the official results.
In a press conference to follow up with the updates of the 2nd and last day of Egypt’s 2025 Senate Elections, Executive Director of the National Elections Authority Judge Ahmed Bandari said that representatives inside polling stations are not entitled to a ‘vote tally’.
He affirmed that results will not be announced from the polling stations, and that NEA president and board of directors are responsible for announcing the results.
Head of polling stations followed with all latest updates with Counselor Bandari via video conference.
In Damietta Governorate, several polling stations needed to be resupplied with ballot papers due to the large turnout of voters witnessed on the 2nd day of Senate Elections, as stated in the conference.
A large number of young people were seen flocking to polling stations north of Cairo, to cast their votes. Also, an impressive turnout of women were seen in front of The Alia Experimental School polling station in the Khalifa Complex in the Warraq district, Giza. Long queues of women waited patiently to cast their ballots as the 2nd and last day of elections is nearly coming to an end.
Egypt’s 2025 Senate election kicked off on Monday and is expected to continue for two days in a row are 4 and 5 August. Polling stations opened their doors at 9:00 AM, to receive voters wishing to cast their ballots in the Senate elections, and will close at 9 pm.
The elections are being held under the supervision of judicial authority advisors, with monitoring from various civil society organizations and both local and international media outlets.
A total of 424 candidates are competing in the individual seats—183 of them are independents, and 241 are affiliated with political parties. Additionally, there is one electoral list titled “The National List for Egypt,” which includes 200 candidates and covers the four electoral districts designated for the list-based system.
Counsellors from the State Lawsuits Authority and the Administrative Prosecution Authority, serving as heads of the subcommittees (polling committees), received the polling station premises early in the morning.
They inspected the stations to ensure all necessary materials for the voting process were in place, especially papers, documents, procedural logs, and voter rolls. They also opened the ballot boxes to confirm they were completely empty before sealing them with special coded plastic locks.
According to the voter database, approximately 69 million citizens are eligible to vote in this election, which is being fully managed and supervised by the National Elections Authority. A total of 9,250 members of the State Lawsuits Authority and the Administrative Prosecution Authority are chairing 8,825 subcommittees across 8,286 polling centers, assisted by around 65,000 staff members working in subcommittees, general committees, and preservation and monitoring committees.
The National Elections Authority has taken several measures to facilitate the voting process, particularly for the elderly and people with disabilities. Most subcommittees have been located on the ground floors of polling centers, and centers have been equipped with instructional posters that include QR codes, allowing voters to scan them for additional information on voting procedures and mechanisms. Educational materials were also provided to clarify how to cast a valid vote.
The election process is being monitored by 9 international organizations, 59 local civil society organizations, and delegations representing 20 diplomatic missions in Cairo. It is also being covered by local, Arab, and international media outlets, with a total of 25,000 accredited observers issued permits by the National Elections Authority.
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