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2nd day of Egypt’s Presidential election closes with unprecedented participation rate

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 - 10:30 GMT

Those who cast their votes in the presidential elections as of 12:00 PM on Monday constitute approximately 45% of the total number of eligible voters, said Ahmed Al-Bendari, Director of the Executive Board of the National Elections Authority (NEA) in a statement on Monday.

Egyptian Center For Economic Studies: 2024 Presidential Election has seen the highest voting percentage in Egypt’s electoral history

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 - 06:14 GMT

The ECES added in a statement that 45% of eligible voters have cast their ballots as of the middle of the 2nd day of the voting process per the data from the National Election Authority shows Egyptian voters’ awareness that these elections are being held amid political pluralism and guarantees of the integrity of the elections.

NEA: 45% of eligible voters cast ballots as of noon on 2nd day of Presidential election

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 - 06:04 GMT

He added that some polling stations ran out of ballot voters due to the high turnout.

Wrap-up| 1st day of 2024 Presidential election witnesses high turnout

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 - 07:52 GMT

Voting kicked off on Sunday at 9 AM with thousands of polling stations spread nationwide opened their doors to around 67 million voters until 9 PM to choose between four candidates: incumbent President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who has been in post for two terms since 2014; Farid Zahran, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party; Abdel Sanad Yamama, Head of Al-Wafd Party; and Hazem Omar, head of the Republican People’s Party.

Over 2 million people visited 53rd Cairo International Book Fair: Official

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 - 08:51 GMT

Whole families have visited the fair and 600 seminars were held during the days of the fair, Baioumy told DMC.

Egyptian ambassadors reveal referendum turnout

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 - 12:21 GMT

Sunday marks the last day of voting for Egyptian expats in the referendum on draft constitutional amendments that started on April 19 in 124 countries.

Egyptian investment pavilion in New York sees high turnout

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 - 12:54 GMT

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Investment Minister Sahar Nasr have inspected the pavilion, which is organized under the rubric “ Invest in Egypt”.

Expats’ turnout proves Egyptians are reliable: Makram

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 - 04:57 GMT

Makram said that the high turnout of expats in the 2018 presidential election was a message to the world that Egyptians are moving toward a better future.

Vote count begins in Hungary's election

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 - 06:54 GMT

Most polling stations closed and the vote count began in Hungary's election on Sunday after a very high turnout.

Almost 2M votes lost in presidential election: What does the spoilt ballot signify?

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 - 10:00 GMT

Spoilt votes are too often in Egyptian elections, why is this phenomenon happening too often in?

Luxor atop of Egyptian touristic cities

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 - 07:30 GMT

Luxor governorate plans to attract more tourists this winter season and to rank the first Egyptian touristic city.

Egyptian Koshari knocks down junk food in Mecca

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 - 08:06 GMT

The Egyptian national dish, Koshari, became well known in the holy Lands upon the opening of a shop called Egyptian Koshari

French presidential election turnout figures slightly above 2012 at midday

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 - 12:19 GMT

Turnout figures for the first round of the French presidential election showed a 28.54 percentage participation rate by midday local time, (1000 GMT) the Interior Ministry said on Sunday, slightly above the corresponding rate in the 2012 vote.

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