Voting in 2nd Phase of Egypt’s 2025 Parliamentary Elections Kicks off

Anita Bosman
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Cairo: SiltaNews – News Desk

Voting in the second phase of the 2025 parliamentary elections has kicked off on Monday, in 13 governorates around the country.

Polling stations opened their doors at 9 am and started to receive voters wishing to cast their ballots. The voting is being held under the supervision of judges from the judicial authorities and will continue over two consecutive days, with monitoring by various civil society organizations and both local and international media outlets. In this phase, up to 1316 candidates are competing in the individual system along with a list in the Cairo, South and Central Delta, and East Delta sectors.

The governorates included in the second phase of the House of Representatives elections are:

1- Cairo, with 19 electoral districts and 205 candidates.

2- Qalyubia, with 6 electoral districts and 71 candidates.

3- Dakahlia, with 10 electoral districts and 288 candidates.

4- Gharbia, with 7 electoral districts and 140 candidates.

5- Menoufia, with 6 electoral districts and 125 candidates.

6- Kafr El Sheikh, with 4 electoral districts and 88 candidates.

7- Sharqia, with 9 electoral districts and 253 candidates.

8- Damietta, with 2 electoral districts and 39 candidates.

9- Port Said, which included two electoral districts with 20 candidates.

10- Ismailia, which included three electoral districts with 36 candidates.

11- Suez, which included one electoral district with 18 candidates.

12- South Sinai, which included two electoral districts with 15 candidates.

13- North Sinai, which included two electoral districts with 12 candidates.

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.

Parliamentary Election’s First Phase

The overseas voting of the first phase took place on 7 and 8 November at Egyptian embassies and consulates abroad. The first phase of the 2025 House of Representatives elections inside the country was held last Monday and Tuesday 10 and 11 November in 14 governorates.

Judge Ahmed Bendary, Executive Director of the National Elections Authority, announced that 35,279,922 voters were eligible to vote in the first phase of the elections. On November 18, the National Elections Authority (NEA) announced the results of the first phase, including cancelling the elections in 19 electoral districts.

NEA head announced that some violations led to the cancellation of elections in these districts. These violations included campaign breaches, failure to provide candidates or their representatives with copies of the ballot count, and discrepancies in vote counts across different polling stations and subcommittees. Canceled polls will be held again on December 1-2 in embassies and consulates, and 3-4 inside the country, according to NEA. The electoral districts in which the polls have been canceled are located in Giza, Fayoum, Sohag, Qena, Damanhour, and Beheira.

On Thursday, November 20, prior the beginning of the 2nd phase of parliamentary elections, Egypt’s NEA affirmed in a press conference 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. The NEA also decided to prohibit any electioneering in front of polling stations, as this would invalidate the whole committee’s work.

Ahmed Bendary, Director of the Executive Body of the National Elections Authority, affirmed the heads of the sub-committees and general committees adhere to the law and to hand over a copy of the numerical count to any candidate who wishes to do so. He stressed that all forms of electoral campaigning in front of polling stations are strictly prohibited and that NEA will take all necessary legal measures, including invalidating any sub-committee where such violations occur.

Bendary reiterated that NEA operates with full independence from all branches of the state and makes its decisions solely in accordance with judicial conscience, free from any pressure or interference, an independence affirmed by the President in his message.

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