Egypt's President Sisi votes in 2nd phase of Egypt’s 2020 House election

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El SIsi cast his vote in the 2020 House of Representatives election at a polling station in Heliopolis Sat, Nov. 7, 2020
CAIRO - 7 November 2020: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El SIsi cast his vote in the 2020 House of Representatives election at a polling station in Heliopolis, Cairo, on Saturday, said Presidential Spokesperson Bassam Radi.


Egyptians have flocked to polls since 9:00 am (Cairo time) to vote in the second phase of the House of Representatives election on Saturday.


The second phase of the election process takes place in 13 governorates, namely Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Kafr El Sheikh, Sharkia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai.


According to the National Election Authority (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 the 15th 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, as its results will be announced, November 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