Egypt’s National Election Authority (NEA) has announced on Tuesday, August 12, a 17.1 percent voter turnout in the 2025 Senate elections, with 195 of the 200 contested seats decided in the first round.
NEA Chairman Hazem Badawy said at a meet-the-press that 11.8 million ballots were cast out of 69.3 million eligible voters, with 95.6 percent deemed valid. The National Unified List, the sole closed party list in the race, won decisively in all four constituencies after surpassing the required vote threshold, securing its share of seats without opposition.
For individual races, 95 of 100 seats were filled in the initial round, with five seats headed to runoffs involving ten candidates across the governorates of Gharbia, Beni Suef, New Valley, Luxor, and Ismailia. Overseas voting for the runoffs will take place on 25–26 August, followed by domestic voting on 27–28 August, with final results due on 4 September. The Senate, serving a consultative role, comprises 300 members—one-third elected individually, one-third via party lists, and one-third appointed by the president—with women holding at least 10 percent of seats. Parliamentary elections for the House of Representatives are scheduled for November.
