Egypt’s NEA to announce parliamentary results of 2020 House election Sunday afternoon

CAIRO – 15 November 2020: The Egyptian National Election Authority (NEA), headed by Judge Lashin Ibrahim, will hold a press conference on Sunday afternoon to announce the final results of the first and the second phases of the 2020 House of Representatives elections.

 

The conference would be held at the headquarters of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (Maspero), according to a statement from the NEA on Saturday.

 

Ibrahim confirmed that the NEA received all the results of the second phase of the election over 13 governorates, and a number of grievances submitted by some candidates regarding the polling and counting processes.

 

He affirmed that the NEA is the only body authorized to announce the final results of the election process.

 

 The second phase was conducted on November 7 and 8 at a total of 9,468 polling stations in 13 governorates.

 

As per the NEA data, a total of 31 million Egyptians were eligible to cast their votes in the 13 governorates, namely: Cairo, Qalioubiya, Daqahliya, Menoufiya, Gharbiya, Kafr Al-Sheikh, Sharqiya, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai.

 

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 first phase of the election was held for Egyptian expats abroad from 21 to 23 October and locally from 24 to 25 October. 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.