CAIRO – National Election Authority (NEA) Executive Director Ahmed Bendary Tuesday said that the voting process on second and final day of the first phase of the 2025 House of Representatives election is proceeding smoothly in the polling station of the 14 governorates.
Bendary was addressing a press conference held at the NEA’s central operations room, where he reviewed the progress of the electoral process with supervisors of polling stations and the heads of general and monitoring committees.
The voting will continue until 9:00 pm, Bendary said, noting that any voter present within the premises of a polling station by closing time will be allowed to cast their ballot.
He added that voter turnout is high in several polling stations, while additional logistical support has been provided by the NEA.
The first phase of the electoral process, which kicked off Monday, covers 14 governorates; Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Red Sea, Alexandria, Beheira, and Marsa Matrouh.
A total of 35,279,922 voters are eligible to cast their ballots in this phase, distributed across 5,606 subcommittees within 70 electoral districts.
The contests feature 1,281 candidates running for individual seats, in addition to one electoral list contesting the list-based seats in the West Delta and Central, Southern, and Northern Upper Egypt constituencies.
The electoral process is being observed by several international and regional organizations, including the League of Arab States, the African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab Organization for Electoral Management Bodies, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, in addition to local civil society organizations and local, Arab, and international media outlets.
