Cairo December 1st, 2015<\/p>\n
18 candidates in the run-off for the second elections’ phase
\nThe candidates compete in mobilizing female voters<\/p>\n
As the Operations Room of the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR) continues monitoring the parliamentary elections from a gender-perspective, it has been following closely the run-offs that started on the 1st of December in the following governorates:
\nCairo, Qalioubiya, Daqahliya, Menoufiya, Gharbiya, Kafr El-Sheikh, Sharqiya, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai governorates.
\nAt this stage of the elections, 18 female candidates out of the 426 candidates (4.22%) are competing over the independent candidates’ seats. However, the competition on the party-list seats was resolved from the first round for “In love for Egypt” list wining.
\nThe 18 candidates competing in the run-offs are; four in Cairo, three in Daqahliya, five in Sharqiya, two in Gharbiya , two in Qalioubiya, one in Port Said and one in Damietta.
\n14 out of the 18 candidates are independent candidates and only 4 are supported by political parties. One of the four candidates supported by political parties is supported by Wafd Party, two supported by the Free Egyptians Party, and one by the Democratic Peace Party.
\nThe following table show more details about the 18 candidates; <\/p>\n
\tCandidates\tConstituency\tGovernorate \tParty Affiliation
\n1\tFatma Sayed Mohamed Hassan Naoot \tHeliopolis & Nozha\t<\/p>\n
Cairo\tWafd<\/p>\n
2\tMona Gab-Allah Abdullah Ghaly\tMonshaat Naser & Gamalyah\t\tFree Egyptians<\/p>\n
Independent<\/p>\n
Independent
\n3
\n4\tDina abdel-Aziz Mohamed El-Sayed
\nManal Khalifa
\nHelwan & Maasrah
\n5\tInas Abdel-Halim\tMadint El-Mansoura\tDaqahliya
\n\tFree Egyptians
\n6\tAmal Hassan Hassan Ahmed Tarabeeh\tMnyat El-Nasr\t\tIndependent
\n7\tLeila El-Refaay\tAga\t\tIndependent
\n8\tEman Salem Mohamed Salem Khedr\tZagazig & Kanayat
\n9\tSahar Ahmed Fekry Othman\tMashtool & Al-sook
\n10\tAbeer El-Sayed Mahmoud \tMnya El-Kamh
\n11
\n12
\n\tNosylah Ismail Ahmed Swaillam
\nMalak Ali Gomaa Salama\tFakos
\nKafr Sakr
\n13<\/p>\n
14\tAmal Ibrahim Abdel-Hameed<\/p>\n
Naamat Rashed Mohamed Ahmed Kamr\tKafr El-Zayat
\nGharbiya\tIndependent<\/p>\n
Independent<\/p>\n
Madint Al-Mahala
\n15\tGhada Sakr\tMadint & Markz Damietta \tDamietta\tIndependent
\n16<\/p>\n
17\tVivian Adly Ghabrial <\/p>\n
Soraya Mohamed Ismail \tAwel Shobra El-Khima
\nThany Shobra El-Khima<\/p>\n
Qalioubiya\tDemocratic Peace<\/p>\n
Independent
\n18\tRania El-Sadat\t3rd constituency\tPort Said\tIndependent <\/p>\n
The first day of the run-offs witnessed low turnout in general with the women and the elderly having the highest rate.
\nIt should be noted that the candidates compete in mobilizing the female voters in the tuk-tuk vehicles, in addition to buying their votes for the candidates’ interests.
\nFor contacting the Operations Room use the following numbers:
\n01099971723
\n01008803362
\n25282176
\nOr Facebook page
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ECWRonline?fref=ts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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