A woman casts her ballot at a school used as a polling station, during the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections in Giza, Egypt, October 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
CAIRO – 13 December 2020: The Egyptian National Elections Authority (NEA) will announce the final result of the House of Representatives runoff vote on Monday, declaring the names of winners of 100 seats for the run-off.
On December 7and 8, 2020, the runoff voting in the second phase of House of Representatives polls kicked off with 202 candidates vying to fill 101 seats at a total of 9,468 polling stations in 13 governorates. The second phase of the polls conducted in the governorates of Cairo, Qalyubiya, Daqahliya, Menufiya, Gharbiya, Kafr el Sheikh, Sharqiya, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai.
The first phase of the election was held for Egyptian expats abroad from 21 to 23 October and locally from 24 to 25 October. National Elections Authority held a press conference to announce the results of the first round of the first phase of voting in the 2020 House of Representatives Elections.
The NEA's Chairman Lashin Ibrahim stated that the turnout in the 14 governorates included in the first phase is 28.06 percent as almost nine million out of 31 million eligible citizens voted.
Regarding lists, the National List for Egypt won in the electoral districts of Upper Egypt (composed of 11 governorates) and Western Delta (composed of three governorates) securing 100 seats in the former and 42 in the latter. It was competing against Egypt's Call List.
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