Egyptian Elections: Preliminary Results
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Egyptian Elections: Preliminary Results (Photo: Jadaliyya)
After Egyptians completed voting in nine governorates, including Cairo and Alexandria, media reports are currently circulating unofficial information about preliminary results. Below are the latest relevant updates, compiled from Al-Masry Al-Youm reports. The Higher Elections Commission announced on Wednesday that the official vote count would be released on Thursday 1 December.
The vote that was just completed is part of the first of three stages of elections for the People’s Assembly, the parliament’s lower house. Each stage involves polling in nine governorates (out of total 27 governorates). According to Egypt’s elections law, two-thirds of the parliamentary seats will be allocated through party list races, while one-third of the seats are allocated through concurrent single-winner races.
After each initial vote, run-off elections are held a week later between front-runners in single-winner races where none of the candidates got 50%+ of the total vote. Run-offs for the first stage are scheduled for December 5-6.
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