A snap shot of NEA Executive Director Ahmed Bandari speaking during during a live broadcast from the NEA’s operations room. Photo courtesy of NEA.
According to the National Election Authority (NEA), the runoff was held in 55 constituencies across 13 governorates, with 202 candidates competing for 101 available seats.
Although 40 candidates secured their seats outright during the first round, only 18 constituencies were fully decided at that stage.
This second phase covers Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Gharbia, Kafr El-Sheikh, Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai.
Expatriate voting concluded on Tuesday at 139 polling stations across 117 countries.
The NEA is currently integrating official vote-count records from these overseas stations into the final domestic results.
The official outcome of the runoff is scheduled to be announced on Thursday, 25 December.
The election proceeded according to the official timetable following extensive judicial review by the Supreme Administrative Court, which rejected 243 appeals challenging the first-round results.
The court referred 39 appeals involving winning candidates to the Court of Cassation due to jurisdictional limits.
It further dismissed one appeal for filing errors, ruled another inadmissible based on previous judgments, and rejected six others because they did not involve specific administrative decisions.
The court accepted two appeals filed by candidate Walid Shawky Shaker and ordered that his name replace that of Ibrahim El-Fadaly in the runoff for the individual-seat race in Dakahlia’s fourth constituency of Talkha–Nabrouh.
Legal challenges and unresolved races in numerous districts have prevented a full outcome in the first phase of elections.
A significant number of contests from the first phase required reruns after the NEA and the High Administrative Court invalidated earlier results due to irregularities.
These reruns took place for Egyptians abroad on 8-9 December, followed by domestic polling on 10-11 December. Runoffs will be held for these constituencies between 24 December and 10 January.
All final official results will be consolidated once overseas ballots are added to the domestic count, with the entire electoral process expected to conclude by 10 January.
The current House of Representatives was elected in late 2020 for a five-year term ending in January 2026. Under the constitution, elections for a new parliament must be held within 60 days before the end of the current term.
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