Egypt's NEA head received Arab Parliament delegation on House elections

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Egypt Today staff

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Sat, 07 Nov 2020 - 01:51 GMT

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Egypt Today staff

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 - 01:51 GMT

The AP delegation was keen to visit the largest possible number of polling stations in the early hours of Saturday, Barghouthi said.

The AP delegation was keen to visit the largest possible number of polling stations in the early hours of Saturday, Barghouthi said.

CAIRO - 7 November 2020: An Arab Parliament (AP) delegation tasked with overseeing the ongoing House elections, under MP Hassan Barghouthi, held a meeting Saturday with Head of the National Election Authority (NEA) Lashin Ibrahim.

 


The AP delegation was keen to visit the largest possible number of polling stations in the early hours of Saturday, Barghouthi said.



Barghouthi briefed the NEA head on the parliament's plan to follow up the second phase of the House elections.



For his part, Ibrahim briefed the AP delegation on the measures taken by the authority to facilitate the electoral process for voters. 

 

Egyptians have flocked to polls since 9:00 am (Cairo time) to vote in 13 governorates, namely Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Kafr El Sheikh, Sharkia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai.
 
 
Voting in the second phase goes smoothly since the start of the election, announced head of the Egyptian national Election Authority Lashin Ibrahim in a statement, calling upon the voters to abide by the health protective measures.
 
 
According to the NEA, the eligible voters in the second phase would cast their ballots in 9,468 polling stations distributed among 72 electoral constituencies and supervised by 12,000 judges.
 
 
The run-off elections for the second phase will be conducted abroad from 5 to 7 December and locally on7 and 8 December. The final results of Egypt’s House elections to be formally announced by the National Elections Authority on December 14.
 
 
The results for the second phase will be announced and published in the official gazette on the15th of Nov.
 
 
The first phase of the election was held for Egyptian expats abroad from 21 to 23 October and locally from 24 to 25 October 1. The run-off election of the first phase will be held abroad from 21 to 23 November and locally on November 23 and 24.
 
 
According to the updated voters' database by the National Election Authority, a total of 63 million Egyptians are eligible to cast their votes in the two phases of the parliament election

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