Initial indicators of Lawyers Syndicate election show Abdel Halim Allam as potential winner

CAIRO - 24 March 2024: Initial indicators of the Lawyers Syndicate elections results show Abdel Halim Allam ahead of his competitors for the position of the syndicate’s head.

On Saturday evening, the committee supervising the elections began counting the votes of, which were held the same day. The winner will be announced Sunday. 

A total of 15 candidates competed for the position, and 253 candidates for board membership seats. That includes 30 candidates for the legal departments seat, 115 for the Cairo appeals seat, 19 for the Tanta Appeals seat, 21 for the Mansoura Appeals seat, 16 for the Alexandria appeal seat, 10 for the Ismailia appeal seat, 18 for the Beni Suef appeal seat, 17 for the Assiut appeal seat, and 7 for the Qena appeal seat.

The number of ballot box committees nationwide reached 488, affiliated with 37 sub-unions nationwide, and the number of voters whose names were registered in the lists reached 322,152 members.