Second phase of expat voting in Egypt’s House elections nears completion

CAIRO – 22 November 2025: The second phase of voting for Egyptians abroad in the House of Representatives elections is approaching its final hours, as overseas polling stations continued to close and begin vote counting on Wednesday.

Judge Ahmed El-Bendary, Executive Director of the National Election Authority (NEA), said that 31 overseas polling stations have now closed and completed their counting procedures.

Meanwhile voting is still underway at 108 remaining stations on the final day of the phase

Bendary noted that Kuwait recorded the highest turnout among Egyptian expatriate polling stations, followed by Jeddah, Dubai, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Athens, and Paris.

Several Egyptian ambassadors abroad praised the orderly conduct of the voting process, confirming that polling stations opened on time and that voter turnout has remained steady throughout the day.

 

Voters inside and outside Egypt are selecting their representatives in the second phase, which includes the governorates of Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Kafr El-Sheikh, Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai.

Egypt has set up 139 overseas polling stations across 117 countries to accommodate voters.

Citizens inside the country will be casting their ballots in the second phase of the elections on Monday and Tuesday.

Results for this phase are scheduled to be announced on Tuesday, December 2.

If runoffs are needed, Egyptians abroad will vote on December 1–2 for the first phase and on December 15–16 for the second.

Inside Egypt, runoff voting will take place on December 3–4 for the first phase and on December 17–18 for the second.

More than 2,600 candidates are competing in the individual system across constituencies nationwide.

The House of Representatives consists of 568 elected members, 284 chosen through the closed-list system and 284 through the individual system, in addition to a number of members appointed by the president.

Under the list system, the National List for Egypt, which brings together several political parties, including Mostaqbal Watan and Humat Al-Watan, both known for supporting government policies, is running unopposed in all four list-based districts.

The list must secure at least 5% of the total valid votes to be declared successful.