Parliamentary Elections
The vote, marked by unprecedented legal and procedural challenges, ultimately completed the formation of the new House of Representatives.
The phase covers 73 constituencies with a total of 5,287 polling stations.
Egyptian citizens lined up since the early morning on Monday in front of polling stations to cast their ballots in the 2nd phase of the 2025 parliamentary elections.
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.
Egypt’s NEA affirmed in a press conference, Thursday, prior the beginning of the 2nd phase of parliamentary elections, that anyone found negligent in the first round of elections, whether a polling station head or a candidate, would be excluded from supervising the electoral process.
Director of the Executive Body of the National Elections Authority, Counselor Ahmed Bendary, affirmed Monday that the Authority pays special attention to the elderly and people with disabilities during the 2025 parliamentary Elections.
The first phase includes 14 Egyptian governorates: Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Red Sea, Alexandria, Beheira, and Matrouh.
Egyptians resume voting on Sunday for the second and last day in the first phase of parliamentary elections across Egypt.
According to the elections schedule, the candidates’ campaigns ends, October 18.
The Chairperson of the National Election Authority Ibrahim Lasheen said Tuesday that the Parliamentary elections will be held as scheduled, refuting rumors claiming that a judicial verdict was issued to postpone the elections.
The Chairperson of the National Election Authority Ibrahim Lasheen said Tuesday that the Parliamentary elections will be held as scheduled, refuting rumors claiming that a judicial verdict was issued to postpone the elections.
The names of the candidates will be announced Sunday.
The National Election Authority (NEA) announced that Saturday, September 26 will be the last day for electoral committees to receive candidacy papers from applicants who wish to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
In press statements, she explained that the measure is aimed at guaranteeing the highest degree of safety for the Egyptian voters during the elections.
Egyptians abroad can register their data during the period from Sunday, September 27 to Saturday, October 10, according to the Foreign Ministry.
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