Voters stand in lines waiting for their turn to vote in front of one of the polling station in the governorate of the Red sea. Ahram.
Judges from the State Lawsuits Authority and the Administrative Prosecution Authority, serving as heads of the subcommittees (polling stations), resumed their duties early in the morning, conducting on-site inspections to ensure that all materials required for the electoral process, including ballot papers, voter rolls, and procedural forms, were in place.
They also verified that ballot boxes were empty before sealing them with coded plastic locks.
Police forces were deployed around all polling centres to ensure security and maintain order, allowing citizens to cast their ballots in a safe and calm environment.
In Giza’s Imbaba and Western Mounira district, a group of young volunteers set up a tent near the Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed School polling station to help voters locate their polling stations and serial numbers in the voter lists, an initiative aimed at saving time, reducing congestion, and facilitating participation.
Inside the tent, volunteers provided laptops and mobile phones connected to the internet to assist voters, along with chairs for the elderly and people with disabilities.
Each voter received a small card containing their serial number and polling station number, helping streamline the voting process.
At the close of polling, ballot counting will begin at each subcommittee.
Each will issue a detailed report listing the total number of registered voters, the number who voted over the two days, the number of valid and invalid ballots, and the votes obtained by each candidate and electoral list.
These results will be compiled in the committee’s official report and transmitted to the general committees and supervisory bodies, which will then forward them to the National Election Authority (NEA).
The first phase of the elections, which began Monday, covers 14 governorates: Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Red Sea, Alexandria, Beheira, and Marsa Matrouh, with 35,279,922 eligible voters distributed across 5,606 subcommittees in 70 electoral districts.
This stage features 1,281 candidates competing for individual seats, alongside one electoral list contesting the list-based seats in the West Delta and Central, Southern, and Northern Upper Egypt constituencies.
The process is being observed by multiple international and regional organizations, including the League of Arab States, the African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab Organization for Electoral Management Bodies, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, in addition to numerous local civil society organizations and Arab and international media outlets.
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