Egypt's Higher Administrative Court on Saturday issued 29 final, unappealable rulings that overturned the National Election Authority’s certification of individual-seat results in 29 first‑phase constituencies. The decisions require full reruns and cancel all scheduled runoff rounds in those districts.
The decisions, issued on Nov. 29, raise the total number of annulled constituencies in the first phase to 48 out of 70 across 14 governorates, after the NEA had already voided results in 19 others.
The authority previously cited violations, including electioneering near polling stations, failure to provide candidates and agents with vote-count records, and discrepancies between subcommittee tallies and general committee totals.
The court’s sweeping intervention followed President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s call for the authority to scrutinize violations that occurred during the first phase.
Under the rulings, all candidates in the affected districts must run again, and runoff rounds previously scheduled for Dec. 1–2 abroad and Dec. 3–4 inside Egypt are cancelled.
Egypt’s National Election Authority is awaiting formal delivery of Higher Administrative Court rulings that strike down multiple individual electoral districts in the first phase of the House of Representatives elections.
The authority said it will examine the rulings and map out steps for implementation in line with legal procedures.
“The authority has no stake in electoral appeals or the outcomes of court decisions,” the NEA said in a statement. “We are bound to enforce judicial rulings.”
Higher court rulings voided all results in New Valley, Sohag, Qena and Assiut Governorates. In New Valley, both the Kharga and Dakhla–Farafra–Balat constituencies were struck down.
In Luxor, the court voided results in all three constituencies: Luxor, Qena and Qurna.
Assiut’s three constituencies — First Assiut, Dairut–Qusiya–Manfalut, and Abu Tig — were also annulled. The only remaining constituency, Al-Fatah, had already been voided by the authority among the initial 19.
In Sohag, the court cancelled results in Al-Balina, the only district not previously overturned by the authority, bringing the total to all eight constituencies.
In Aswan, the court voided results in Nasr Al-Nuba and Edfu. Only First Aswan and Kom Ombo remain valid, with First Aswan still due for a runoff.
In Alexandria, the court cancelled the authority’s decision to advance Hisham al-Rahmani and Atta Bahaa Atta to a runoff for the fourth seat in Montaza, ruling in favor of a challenge by independent candidate Abdel Salam al-Omrawi.
In Minya, rulings voided results in five of six constituencies: Mallawi; Maghagha–Adwa–Beni Mazar; Abu Qurqas; First Minya; and Deir Mawas. Only Samalout remains valid, where three seats were decided from the first round.
In Giza, the court voided seven constituencies, adding to Imbaba, previously voided by the authority. That brings the total cancelled to eight of the governorate’s 12 constituencies: Giza; Haram; Omraneya–Talbeya; Manshaat al-Qanater; First October; al-Badrashin; and Bulaq al-Dakrour.
In Beheira, results were voided for Kom Hamada, Mahmoudiya and Delengat, joining Damanhour, Abu Homs, and Itay al-Baroud previously struck down.
The Higher Administrative Court also voided results in Sinnuris in Fayoum, following an appeal by independent candidate Rabei Abu Kamal. Sinnuris joins Fayoum and Ebsheway, which had been voided earlier. Only Itsa’s scheduled runoff remains.
The second phase of elections also showed similar violations, repeating the pattern of the first phase without significant improvement.
