Motorists drive past a campaign billboard Egyptian Parliamentary elections candidates in the Twin Giza city of the capital Cairo on November 9, 2025, ahead of the country's parliament election starts the first round on November 10. AFP
The NEA, which oversees the vote, said in a press briefing that subcommittees, which had completed ballot collection, had started the counting process.
The first phase of the elections covered 14 governorates, including 70 constituencies, with voting held across 5,606 subcommittees over two days.
The authority said the figures being tallied were preliminary, adding that only the NEA is authorised to announce the final official results.
According to procedures, each subcommittee head separates the ballots cast under the individual system from those under the list system, preparing a separate report for each.
They then announce the total number of registered voters, the number of votes cast, the number of valid and invalid ballots, and the tallies received by each candidate or list.
Once counting is completed, subcommittee heads hand over the reports and ballot envelopes to the heads of the general committees, which in turn compile aggregate figures for each constituency, Bendary explained.
General committees are also responsible for receiving appeals from candidates regarding the numerical counts within 24 hours of their announcement.
The NEA then reviews and rules on these appeals within another 24 hours, notifying the complainant of its decision promptly thereafter.
Egyptian expatriates concluded their voting for the first phase on Saturday.
Phase one covers 14 governorates: Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Red Sea, Alexandria, Beheira, and Matrouh.
The official results are set to be announced on 18 November, coinciding with the resumption of campaigning for the first-phase runoff.
Appeals concerning the first-phase results must be submitted within 48 hours of the announcement, with a final deadline of 20 November.
The Supreme Administrative Court will review and rule on appeals over ten days from 21 November to 30 November.
If run-offs are required, they will be held abroad on 1–2 December and inside Egypt on 3–4 December, with final results expected on 11 December.
Phase two covers 13 governorates: Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Menoufiya, Gharbiya, Kafr El-Sheikh, Sharqiya, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai.
Voting abroad for the second phase is scheduled for 21–22 November, followed by domestic polling on 24–25 November.
Results will be announced on 2 December, and any run-offs will take place abroad on 15–16 December and inside Egypt on 17–18 December, with final results due on 25 December.
The current House of Representatives, elected in late 2020, completes its five-year term in January 2026.
Under the constitution, elections for a new chamber must be held within 60 days before the end of the existing term.
The new 596-member parliament will comprise 568 elected members—half chosen through individual races and half through closed party lists—in addition to 28 members appointed by the president.
One-quarter of the seats are reserved for women.
Egypt is divided into four party-list constituencies comprising 284 seats: Cairo and the Central and Southern Delta (102 seats); North, Central, and South Upper Egypt (102 seats); Eastern Delta (40 seats); and Western Delta (40 seats).
Nearly 2,625 individual candidates are competing for single-seat races, while the National Unified List for Egypt is running uncontested across all four nationwide party-list constituencies.
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