Although the electoral districts law is the last step before parliamentary elections can take place, it still needs to reach ‘consensus among political forces’

“If anyone tells you they know for fact when the parliamentarian elections will be held then they are lying because no final date is set yet – there are certainly tentative options but the range is rather wide; extending from later this year to next summer,” said a highly informed …

Egypt’s head of House of Representative affairs, has appointed parliament’s first secretary-general from the military

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb issued Tuesday a decision to form a committee to draft a law allocating election districts in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Law will redraw constituencies according to area and population, as plans underway for parliamentary polls by year’s end

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former interim Egyptian president Adly Mansour has rejected a number of offers to stand in the country’s forthcoming parliamentary elections, as part of a broader plan that would see him assume the role of speaker of parliament, Egyptian political sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday.

CAIRO, Sept 25 (Aswat Masriya) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi rejected Thursday calls to postpone parliamentary elections for fear of Muslim Brotherhood “sympathisers” “infiltrating” the upcoming parliament.

CAIRO, Sept 21 (Aswat Masriya) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hinted at the possibility of the participation of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in political life in an interview with the Associated Press on Saturday. 

Informed sources close to the Higher Election Committee (HEC), a seven-member judicial body mandated with overseeing Egypt’s polls, told Ahram Online that the HEC has begun intensive meetings in preparation for announcing the registration dates for the country’s upcoming parliamentary polls.

Political parties are demanding payments of up to $28,000 for candidates to be included in their electoral lists.