The Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights monitors a high turnout in villages and a limited continuation of violating propaganda

The Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development issued its first statement from the second day of the runoff round as part of the follow-up work on the electoral process for the House of Representatives 2025, through the field teams and the coalition’s central operations room, as the parliamentary elections are being held in their first round in a number of (19) electoral districts that were canceled by a decision of the National Elections Authority, in addition to one district in which the runoff round is being held (Itsa District – Fayoum Governorate), with a total of (7) Governorates.

 

The Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development has begun monitoring the progress of the electoral process through (750) observers, representing 10% of the total specific committees, distributed across all governorates of the current round of voting.

 

Today’s opening remarks were as follows:

 

– First: Regularity of the work of the electoral committees

 

Coalition observers monitored the regularity of work in most of the subcommittees and their opening on legal dates, benefiting from precise geographical knowledge of the committees’ headquarters in villages and local areas.

 

However, only (7) committees out of (1,775) committees witnessed a slight delay, ranging from (7 – 22 minutes), as a result of unforeseen operational circumstances, such as the breakdown of judges’ transportation means or difficulty of access via secondary roads, in the Al-Fath District in Assiut, Itay Al-Baroud and Abu Homs in Al-Beheira, and the Itsa District in Fayoum.

 

–Second: Review and secure ballot boxes

The coalition’s followers followed the procedures for opening the subcommittees, and ensured the safety of the funds and that the minutes of opening the second day matched the minutes of closing the first day.

 

There were no cases of objection from the candidates’ agents or any suspicions of tampering or defects in the integrity of the boxes were recorded.

 

She was part of the follow-up in several separate committees in (7) governorates, including Assiut, in Committee No. (102), at Abnoub Military Industrial Secondary School, Fayoum, in Committee No. (82), at Fayoum Girls’ Secondary School, and Beheira, in Committee No. (105), at the Martyr Hashem Muhammad Hashem Preparatory School.

 

– Third: Mobilization movement and influx of voters

Many polling stations, especially in rural areas and areas of family and tribal weight for the candidates, witnessed high voting densities from the first hours, compared to an average turnout in the cities.

 

The crowds were characterized by a large proportion of elderly people and women, in addition to a noticeable increase in youth participation during the last hours of the day, which reflects the decisive nature of the final election day. Including committee in Qena No. (30), at Sheikh Mubarak Preparatory School for Girls, Bahu, and committee in Sohag No. (76), at Al-Hajer Joint Preparatory School.

 

-Fourth: Violating electoral propaganda

Despite the Ministry of Interior’s announcement of the arrest of (16) cases of illegal propaganda and vote-buying for some candidates, and the National Authority receiving (53) various complaints regarding violations within a number of committees, it was observed that some propaganda activities continued, including:

 

•The presence of electoral banners near some headquarters

•Distributing promotional leaflets

•Organizing mass transportation for voters

Monitoring limited cases of electoral bribery that was carried out far from polling places to avoid security prosecution

Continuous follow-up

The Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development confirms the continued follow-up of the progress of the voting work until the end of the counting operations and the announcement of the numerical count of the votes of the candidates in all subcommittees, while adhering to the professional standards established for following up the elections.

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