A number of prominent opposition figures in the House of Representatives are entering the electoral race for individual seats, as candidate nominations opened nationwide on Wednesday.
First instance courts across all governorates began accepting nomination papers on Wednesday morning for the two-stage House of Representatives elections, with applications open through Oct. 15.
On day one, MP Abdel-Moneim Imam, head of the Justice Party, filed to run in El-Tagamoa/Badr/El-Shorouk constituency, in his first bid for an individual seat after winning in 2020 on the National List for Egypt.
Under the law drawing up constituency boundaries, El-Tagamoa/Badr/El-Shorouk district has two seats, contested by Imam against candidates from Nation’s Future and Homeland Defenders.
Independent MP Diaa El-Din Dawood also filed as an independent for the third time in Damietta’s First Constituency, whose two seats cover Bandar and Markaz Damietta, Ras El-Bar police section, Kafr El-Batikh, and New Damietta police section. Dawood previously won in the 2015 and 2020 cycles.
In Mansoura, independent MP Ahmed El-Sharkawy submitted his papers for the Badr Al-Mansoura, First and Second constituency. This marks his third run in the same district, which he represented for two consecutive terms since the 2015 elections. The law allocates two seats to this district.
From the leftist Tagammu party, MP Ahmed Belal will run again in El-Mahalla El-Kubra after securing the seat in 2020. He faces rivals from the Nation’s Future, Justice, and Egyptian Social Democratic Parties for two available seats.
Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, head of the Reform and Development Party, told Al Manassa that MP Ayman Aboulella is running on the party ticket for the individual seat in 6 October City—the district he represented in 2015. He kept his House seat in 2021 via the National List for Egypt.
From outside the current House, Conservative Party leader and Civil Democratic Movement general coordinator Talaat Khalil is returning to the race in Suez, which has only two seats. He will compete against several party nominees, including contenders from Nation’s Future and the National Front.
Former MP Ehab El-Khouly is also back, standing in Imbaba for the Conservative Party. Two seats are at stake, with key rivals including a Nation’s Future nominee and independent MP Nashwa El-Deeb.
The National Election Authority announced the timetable for the 2025 House elections last Saturday, with final results due in late December. Under Decision No. 37 of 2025, the vote will be held in two phases. The first of which begins for Egyptians abroad on Nov. 7–8, and inside Egypt on Nov. 10–11.
