Cairo: SiltaNews – News Desk
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. Citizens were seen gathering and lining up in front of polling stations in districts of Matareya, Hadayek Helwan, Al-Maasara and New Cairo. Large turnout of women was also seen in the early hours of the 1st day of elections in the second phase.
The Egyptian Ambulance Authority deployed a number of ambulances to polling stations as part of its preparations to secure the second phase of the 2025 parliamentary elections and provide urgent medical assistance to voters when needed. These measures are part of a comprehensive plan developed by the Authority to ensure a rapid response to any emergency and provide necessary healthcare in the vicinity of polling stations, thus guaranteeing a safe and organized electoral process.
Egypt’s National Elections Authority, announced that voting is proceeding smoothly in the 2nd phase of the 2025 House of Representatives elections. Number of officials and ministers have cast their ballots on Monday morning, including Counselor Essam El-Din Farid, Speaker of the Senate; Engineer Mohamed Sheimy, Minister of Public Business Sector; Minister of Petroleum Karim Badawi; Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark; and Counselor Hanafi Gebali, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi also cast his ballot on Monday at his designated polling station at the Martyr Mostafa Yousri Ameira Model Secondary Preparatory School for Girls in Heliopolis, according to Presidential Spokesman Ambassador Mohamed El-Shenawi. 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.