The Supreme Administrative Court (Photo: Al-Ahram)
The ruling, which is final and cannot be appealed, requires the National Elections Authority (NEA) to conduct a rerun of voting in all 28 constituencies.
Combined with the 19 constituencies previously annulled by the NEA, elections will now be repeated in 47 of the 70 constituencies in the first phase, which covers 14 governorates.
The court also dismissed 100 appeals in other constituencies, citing a "lack of legal standing" for the challenges filed.
Earlier, the court referred 59 appeals to the Court of Cassation because they relate to constituencies where candidates won outright without a runoff. It had also previously dismissed 14 additional appeals.
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.
Ahead of the NEA decision, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called 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.
According to Al-Shorouk news website, the NEA is scheduled to meet on Sunday to address the affected constituencies, especially as runoff elections for the first phase are set to begin on 1 December for Egyptians abroad and 3 December domestically.
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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