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Many pro-Sisi parties but little competition as Egypt votes for new parliament
More than 1,200 candidates vie for 568 seats amid opposition restrictions and expected dominance by pro-government coalition, with low turnout reported in recent elections.
- On Monday, Egyptians began voting in the first phase to fill 568 of 596 House of Representatives seats, with nearly 63 million eligible voters participating.
- President Abdel Fattah al‑Sisi is serving a constitutionally final third term, and analysts say this election could shape Egypt's future beyond 2030.
- The hybrid electoral system splits 568 House of Representatives seats equally between closed party lists and individual candidates across 143 constituencies with 5,606 polling stations and 70 counting committees.
- Pro-Government lists ran unopposed in the party contests as the National List for Egypt leads allied coalitions expected to dominate amid divided opposition and barred candidates.
- Expatriate voting already began on November 7, with 139 electoral committees in 117 countries managing ballots, and President Abdel Fattah al‑Sisi will appoint 28 lawmakers by decree; phase‑one results are due on November 18 with final outcomes possibly not known until the end of December.
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Half of the seats have already been allocated, oppositionists have been excluded in advance, and then the vote is supposed to extend for more than five weeks: Egypt starts an electoral marathon. The system relies on apathy.
·Germany
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For two days, people in parts of Egypt will go to the polls for parliamentary elections. These are the last elections before the end of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's third term in 2030.
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Many pro-Sisi parties but little competition as Egypt votes for new parliament
A packed field of parties is contesting Egypt's parliamentary election but those set to dominate the chamber agree on most issues of substance, including their staunch support for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
·United Kingdom
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Leaning Left8Leaning Right5Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
C 19%
R 31%
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