Electoral campaigns of candidates running for Egypt's Senate begins July 26

CAIRO – 26 July 2020: The National Election Authority (NEA) declared Sunday the start date of the electoral campaigns as it announced the final lists of candidates running for Senate seats.

The authority designated July 28 the deadline for individual candidates to pull out and for parties to amend the lists. The authority shall announce the changes on July 29.

The electoral committees have closed their doors on July 18 on the eighth and last day for receiving candidacy requests of Senate candidates, Head of the National Elections Authority (NEA) Lashin Ibrahim said.

Ibrahim said 912 candidates have submitted their papers for the coming elections.

The authority announced the preliminary list of candidates along with their election symbols in a couple of widely circulated newspapers on Sunday.

The NEA has already issued a decision on the formation of committees to monitor the election process and report any campaigning violations nationwide.

The NEA detailed that such violations include bullying, the use of religious or discrimination symbols, or worshipping places in the campaigning and posing threats to national unity, among others.

The NEA has excluded expats in Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia from voting in the August Senate elections as those states are hostile areas.