Iconic artist Farouk Hosny, former Egyptian Minister of Culture, was keen to cast his ballot in Senate Elections on Wednesday in a school in Al-Dokki district.
In a press statement, he stressed that participating in elections is "a positive patriotic duty".
Moreover, voters gathered around Hosny to take a number of memorial photos.
Around 63 million Egyptians from the country’s population of over 100 million people are eligible to cast ballots.
It is worth mentioning that, the results of the first round of voting will be announced on 19 August. The run-off vote will take place in September.
The five-year life of the Senate is set to end in 2025.
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Senate elections
The polling stations opened in Egypt’s governorates, Tuesday, on the first day of voting on the Senate elections at 9 am in the morning amidst precautionary measures due to the novel coronavirus.
Senate elections take place on Tuesday and Wednesday when the Senate law pided the Arab Republic of Egypt into 27 constituencies for the inpidual system, through which 100 deputies are elected.
According to the law, each governorate is an electoral district, in which the voters elect a number of seats, which have been allocated to each governorate in a manner that takes into account the equitable representation of the population and the governorates.
The law specified the number of senators. They are 300 members, two-thirds of the 200 members are elected, and 100 members are appointed by the President; representing a third of the Senate’s members.
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