Senate Elections: High Turnout on 1st Day (Photos & Videos)

The first day of Egypt's senate elections is witnessing a high turnout from citizens nationwide, in a magnificent democratic scene.

Egyptian citizens are keen to cast their ballots and to express their opinion with the utmost freedom, taking into account the precautionary measures amid coronavirus concerns.

Long queues were formed in front of polling stations in Cairo and major cities across the country.

So far there have been no serious disturbances.

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Sisi, statemen, public figures cast their votes in Senate elections

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi cast his vote earlier Tuesday at the Martyr Mostafa Yousry Omira School in Heliopolis.

Moreover, a large number of statemen and public figures took part in elections including, Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly, Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik, Immigration Minister Nabila Makram, Social Solidarity Minister Nivine al-Kabbaj, International cooperation Minister Rania al-Mashat Parliament Speaker Ali-Abdul Aal, Pope Tawadros II, Al-Azhar University President, Former football player Medo, Prominent Journalist Karam Gabr, and others.

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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.