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Polling stations in 13 governorates opened at 9 AM for citizens to cast their ballots on Monday and Tuesday in the run-off of the first stage of the House of Representatives elections.
The vote, which is limited to candidates running under the individual candidacy system, ends at 9 PM on Tuesday.
Governorates taking part in this stage’s vote include Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, El-Wadi El-Gedid, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Alexandria, Beheira, and Matrouh.
A total of 220 candidates will be competing for 110 seats in these governorates.
Seats for the Red Sea governorate were decided in the first round of voting.
The voting is taking place amid strict measures against the coronavirus.
“The turnout in the first round of this stage, conducted between 21 and 25 October, was 28.06%”, the National Election Authority said.
The number of people casting their vote amounted to slightly more than 9 million out of 31.7 million eligible voters in the 14 governorates originally included in this phase.
Egyptian expats began casting their vote in 124 countries on Saturday 9 AM, which will end today at 9 PM local time of each country.
Meanwhile, the run-off second stage, which includes the remaining 13 governorates, will be held in December.
In preparation for the voting process, polling stations were disinfected as a protective measure against the Coronavirus crisis.
Security forces were deployed to secure the voting process, and security patrols were prepared to intervene in emergencies.
