Egypt has entered the second phase of the election of its lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives. The voting began on Saturday, the 7th of November from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and is continuing until 9 p.m. on Sunday, the 8th of November. Voters across 13 governorates (Cairo, Daqahliyya, Qalyoubiyya, Menoufiyya, Gharbiyya, Kafr El-Sheikh, Sharqiyya, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailiyya, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai) are casting their ballots over these two days. Around 31 million Egyptians are eligible to vote in this phase. 2,083 candidates are competing over 70 individual seats, while 284 are running under the list system, in which the country is divided into four groups of governorates, each of which elects one of the lists running. Two of those lists have already been elected in the last round and the remaining two will be determined in this phase of the election. The domestic vote was preceded by mail-in voting coming in from consulates and embassies around the world on Friday, and the results will be announced on the 15th of November. Many influential figures in Egyptian politics and society have already cast their…
Cairo Among Governorates Casting Votes in Second Phase of Egyptian Parliamentary Elections
November 8, 2020
