A still photo of Head of Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) Hazem Badawi during a press conference to announce the second phase of the 2025 House of Representatives elections on Tuesday
During a press conference, Badawi said that the list, the only one competing, won more than five percent of the votes in each of the two constituencies allocated for the list system: the Eastern Delta constituency, and the Cairo, Central and Southern Delta constituency.
He also announced the partial cancellation of the proceedings of two subcommittees and exclusion of their ballot papers following the detection of violations, without affecting the results of their respective constituencies.
According to Badawi, the proceedings of subcommittee 78 in the third constituency in Belqas, Dakahliya Governorate, will be partially cancelled after a son of one of the candidates stormed the committee and damaged the ballot box.
He has been referred to the Public Prosecution, and legal measures are being taken against him, he said.
The other partial cancellation of the proceedings in subcommittee 49 in the second constituency in Toukh, Qalyoubia Governorate, was due to a ballot paper circulated outside the polling station.
The Public Prosecution has been notified to take the necessary legal action regarding the incident.
During the presser, the NEA head announced that run-offs for the individual seats in the second phase will be held abroad on 15-16 December, and domestically on 17-18 December, with final results to be announced on 25 December.
The second phase covers 13 governorates: Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Kafr El-Sheikh, Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai.
Voting for Egyptians abroad took place on 21-22 November, while voting inside Egypt was held on 24-25 November.
Thirty-four million eligible voters were able to cast their ballots in the second phase, where 1,316 candidates ran for 141 individual seats.
First phase elections rerun
During the presser, he NEA head also announced that elections will be rerun in 30 constituencies across 10 governorates in the first phase, following court rulings that annulled their results.
Voting in these constituencies will take place abroad on 8–9 December and domestically on 10–11 December, with results to be announced on 18 December.
In the event of run-offs, voting will be held abroad on 31 December and 1 January 2026, and domestically on 3–4 January. Final results will be announced on 10 January.
He said that the NEA’s new decisions represent “a correction of wrongful practices that some exploited to override the will of the voters.”
The NEA head noted that the election reruns, occurring for the first time at such a large scale, are, in fact, a testament to the integrity of these elections and a true indicator of the state institutions’ commitment to safeguarding the will of the voters and the rights of the candidates.
On 18 November, the NEA cancelled the first phase of the elections for individual seats in 19 constituencies across seven governorates following the detection of violations.
The current House of Representatives was elected in late 2020 for a five-year term that expires in January 2026.
Under the constitution, elections for a new chamber must be held within 60 days before the end of the current term.
The 596-member chamber will include 568 elected MPs split evenly between individual candidates (284) and closed lists (284), with the president appointing an additional 28 members. A quarter of the seats are reserved for women.
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