The People’s Assembly elections enter the period of electoral silence and voting tomorrow

The process of electoral silence for the People’s Assembly elections for the fourth legislative session began this morning and will continue until the end of the counting of votes in the last box by the electoral committees, and the announcement of the final and official results.

During the period of electoral silence, candidates and the media are prohibited from advertising for candidates or parties, and the media’s role is limited to encouragement to participate in the voting process, in accordance with Article 58 of the General Elections Law.

The number of polling centers reached 8,151, and all members of the election center committees in the governorates took the legal oath and were named by the governors in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of the General Elections Law.

The number of people continuing to nominate reached 1,516, in Sector A (409), and in Sector B (1,107), competing for 250 seats in the People’s Assembly.

Polling centers will open their doors to receive voters tomorrow, Monday, from seven in the morning and close at seven in the evening on the same day. The law, in Article 64, has authorized the Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections to extend the election period for a maximum of five hours in all or some of the polling centres.

After the boxes are closed, the vote counting process begins in the electoral center by the Election Committee in the presence of the candidate or his agent, as well as in the presence of the media present in the center, and the final results are announced by the Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections immediately after the completion of the vote counting processes.

The Supreme Constitutional Court is responsible for deciding on appeals regarding the validity of the election of members of the People’s Assembly, and the appeal is submitted by the candidate who did not win to the court within three days from the date of announcing the election results.

It is noteworthy that voting is a right and a duty for every citizen as long as the conditions stipulated in the General Elections Law No. 5 of 2014 are met, and every citizen who has completed eighteen years of age has the right to vote.