On 2nd Day...Egyptians Queue to Vote in Senate Elections (Photos)

The 2nd and last day of Senate elections is witnessing a heavy turnout from Egyptian voters to choose their representatives in the newly-established council.

Queues of voters outside polling stations are seen nationwide, taking into account precautionary measures like wearing masks and preserving social distancing, amid Coronavirus concerns.

Around 63 million Egyptians from the country's population of over 100 million people are eligible to cast ballots.

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Moreover, a number of senior officials and public figures are keen to partake in the 2nd day of elections, including; Al-Ahram Editor in Chief Alaa Thabet, The President's National Security Advisor Fayza Abul Naga, Head of Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Lieutenant-General Abdel-Moneim El-Terras.

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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.

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.