Egypt’s NEA Receives 13 Monitoring Requests for Senate Elections from Civil Society Groups

CAIRO – 7 July 2025: Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) accepted on Monday 13 applications from Egyptian civil society organizations to register in the Election Monitoring Database.

These organizations include:

1. Nebras Al-Salam Foundation for Development.

2. The Arab Egyptian Foundation for Human Rights.

3. The Arab International Council for Human Rights and Development Association.

4. The Egyptian National Foundation for Development and Human Rights (Ismailia).

5. The Leaders Foundation for Administrative Sciences and Development.

6. The Egyptian Alliance for Human Rights Association.

7. The National Society for Human Rights (Sohag).

8. The National Society for Human Rights (Red Sea).

9. The Egyptian Youth Council for Development Foundation.

10. The Generation Youth Association for Development and Aid.

11. Insan Foundation Around the World.

12. The Egyptian Amnesty Association for Development.

13. The Civil Alliance for Human Rights Association.

The committees receiving nomination papers for the Senate elections opened their doors in the early hours of Monday, which marks the 3rd day of nominations for Senate membership, which runs until next Thursday.

The committees receiving nomination papers operate regularly from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., (Cairo Time), except on the final day, when applications will be accepted from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The National Elections Authority confirmed that it had not observed any obstacles or difficulties facing those wishing to run in the past two days.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ratified amendments to the Senate Law and the law governing the division of its constituencies.

The Senate will comprise 300 members: two-thirds will be elected by direct and secret voting, while the remaining one-third will be appointed by the President. A minimum of 10% of the total seats will be allocated to women.

Egypt is divided into 27 constituencies for individual-member elections and four constituencies for list-based elections. Two of the list constituencies will each be allocated 13 seats, while the remaining two will each be allocated 37 seats.

Approximately 68 million citizens are eligible to vote in the Senate elections, due to convene on August 4 and 5, 2025, announced the National Elections Authority (NEA) on Thursday.

The NEA announced the official closure of the voter database for the upcoming Senate elections. As of July 1, no changes can be made to the voter roll, except in two specific cases; the implementation of a final court ruling to add or remove a person, or the removal of deceased individuals’ names.

The NEA confirmed that approximately 68 million citizens are eligible to vote in the elections—an increase of about one million voters compared to the last presidential election, when the voter base exceeded 67 million.

On July 1, 2025, the National Elections Authority urged all eligible Egyptian citizens—both at home and abroad—to participate actively in the Senate elections. The authority reiterated its commitment to ensuring a transparent, inclusive, and lawful electoral process.