Voters proceed casting their votes in the first phase of the Shura Council elections where the turnout has been low.
Cairo:
- Low turnout at Heliopolis’s polling stations
- A state of calm at Al-Tabry and Al-Nasr schools
- Al-Azhar’s Imam, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, casts his vote in Heliopolis
- Al-Masry Al-Youm: Propaganda and campaigning outside polling stations in Shubra
- Campaigners distribute fliers in Victoria Sq in Shubra
- Al-Masry Al-Youm: Low turnout in Shubra
- Al-Masry Al-Youm: Freedom and Justice Party and Egyptian Bloc hang posters to help voters identity their polling stations
Alexandria
- Low turnout
- Delay at some polling stations due to late arrival of judges
- Tarek Saad Ragab from Al-Adl Party confirms violations – especially from the Salafi Nour Party
- Complaint in Sidi Gaber and Al-A’safra due to changes in numbers of polling stations
- Complaint from civilian observers that the plastic ballot boxes are ambiguous
Gharbiya
- Delay at some polling stations due to late arrival of judges
- Mix up in voters’ information lists
- Clashes between supporters of Al-Nour and Al-Adl parties due to Al-Nour supporters’ insistence to proceed with electoral campaigning in several areas
- Al-Wafad’s candidate, Mostafa Mousa, criticizes violations made by the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)
- FJP supporters distribute fliers of candidate names and their numbers on the lists
Asyut
- Low turnout
- Delay at some polling stations due to late arrival of judges
- Several candidates transferred voters to polling stations due to low turnout
- Absence of Coptic Egyptians from polling stations due to Al-Masryeen Al-Ahrrar’s withdrawal from the elections
- Facebook page calls for elections boycott in Bani Helal
- Asyut governor, General Sayed Al-Borei, goes on a tour to inspect the electoral process in the governorate
- Strong police presence – unlike the previous elections where the army took lead to secure the process
- No clashes were reported
- 5 judges were injured in a car accident on their way to monitor the elections in Asyut
South Sinai
- Low turnout due to armed robbery of Money Exchange office in Sharm Al-Sheikh
- Decision to combine some polling stations caused delay in Dahab, Al-Toor and Sharm Al-Sheikh
- Al-Nour supporters campaign for candidates
North Sinai
- Low turnout
- Most polling stations were opened at half past 8 due to late arrival of judges
- Some residents cut the road to polling stations in an effort to pressure authorities to release their detained family members
Damietta
- Low turnout except for districts of candidates
- Some judges insisted on personally checking the identities of women wearing niqab before they voted, which disturbed the voters
- Delay in some polling stations
- Strong army presence and strict security measures
- Candidate Mohamed Al-Hamamy filed a complaint stating that some of the judges were originally from the areas they were monitoring which may influence their objectivity
Fayoum
- Delay caused by the late arrival of many judges in Tameya and Senouras
- Low turnout and polling stations are completely empty from voters
Menoufeya
- State-television: Low turnout
- Combination of polling stations, 1172, 1173 and 1174 due to low turnout
Daqahliya
- Low turnout
New Valley
- Al-Ahram: Low turnout
Al-Bahr Al-Ahmar
- State-television: Low turnout
