Senate Election
The vote count will start immediately after the ballot closure tonight.
A list with the names of registered voters who did not cast their ballots in the 2020 Senate poll has been referred to the prosecution, and they now risk incurring a LE500 fee or less.
In implementation of the directives of the General Command of the Armed Forces to secure the 2020 Senate elections and provide areas of electoral commissions to confront any potential hostilities.
The first day of the 2020 Senate election has concluded after witnessing high to medium turnout all over the country
Nearly 63 million Egyptians are entitled to vote in the election which kicked off Tuesday morning.
Nearly 63 million Egyptians are entitled to vote in the election which kicked off Tuesday morning.
The PM urged all Egyptians who have the right to vote to participate in the elections in light of democracy that Egypt enjoys.
Pope Twadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Tuesday cast his ballot in the Senate elections.
The announcement comes after Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit received a request from Head of the National Elections Authority (NEA) Counselor Lasheen Ibrahim to monitor the Senate polls.
Egypt's consul in Geneva Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim said expat voting will continue till 9:00 p.m on Monday.
An AP report will be referred to the election committee in Egypt with all remarks included, the statement said.
Egyptian Ambassador in Kuwait Tareq el Koni checked on the availability of sanitizers in the committee before its starts operation.
Egyptian Minister of Migration Nabila Makram called upon Egyptian expatriates around the globe to cast their votes in the election.
Egyptian expats living abroad are expected to cast their ballots on August 9-10.
Alexandria Governoraterankssecond in terms of the number of female candidates, with 12 female candidates, followed byQalyubia Governorate with 9 female candidates.
Egyptian nationals will be able to vote in the election via electronic means or post to Egypt's embassy in Berlin or its general consulates in Hamburg and Frankfurt.
The National Election Authority, which is in charge of supervising the electoral process in the northeastern African country, has excluded expats in Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia from voting in the August Senate elections, due to unstable conditions of these states.
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