File Photo: Egypt’s National Election Authority. Photo courtesy of SIS.
In a statement issued on Saturday afternoon, the NEA said that once the rulings are received, it will review them and determine the appropriate steps for implementation.
The statement follows the Supreme Administrative Court’s final ruling issued on Saturday evening, which overturned the results in 28 constituencies from the first phase of the 2025 parliamentary elections.
The NEA added that it “has no stake in electoral appeals or the court judgments related to them, and is obligated to enforce judicial rulings.”
The 28 constituencies add to 19 constituencies previously annulled by the NEA, out of the 70 constituencies in the first phase, which covers 14 governorates.
The NEA had annulled the results in the 19 constituencies after identifying violations during the first phase of voting, which was held on 7–8 November for Egyptians abroad and 10–11 November domestically.
According to the authority, the violations included electioneering outside polling stations, failure to provide candidates or their representatives with copies of the vote count, and discrepancies between tallies reported by sub-polling stations and main polling stations.
The administrative court also dismissed 100 appeals in other constituencies, citing a "lack of legal standing" for the challenges filed.
Ahead of the NEA decision, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called mid-November on the NEA to thoroughly review electoral incidents and take whatever decisions were necessary, including reruns, to protect transparency and ensure the new parliament reflects the genuine will of voters.
His comments followed a wave of complaints and appeals after the first phase.
Additionally, El-Sisi urged the NEA to exercise “full diligence” in reviewing incidents reported in several constituencies witnessing tight races between individual candidates, and to take decisions that “faithfully reveal the true will of the voters.”
The president said he had exercised a “veto” against practices he deemed unacceptable, insisting that all procedures must reflect the will of the Egyptian people.
On Wednesday, President El-Sisi reaffirmed that he will reject any practices that undermine the integrity of Egypt’s elections, stressing that the state is committed to ensuring transparent and orderly polls in the coming period.
Egypt’s 2025 House of Representatives elections are being held in two phases under a mixed system combining individual seats with closed party lists.
The second phase, held on Monday across 73 constituencies, featured 1,316 candidates competing for 141 individual seats, in addition to list elections in the Cairo, Central and South Delta, and East Delta sectors, where only the National List for Egypt is running.
Egyptians abroad voted on 21–22 November, while domestic polling took place across 287 stations under full judicial supervision.
The results of the second phase have not yet been announced.
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