Soonar 
Egypt’s 2024 presidential elections commenced nationwide on Sunday, marked by a significant voter turnout and queues forming outside polling stations across the country.
The electoral committees are opening their doors to nearly 67 million eligible voters from 9am to 9pm on 10, 11, & 12 December 2023.
Eligible voters can inquire about their electoral committees and polling stations by entering their 14-digit national identification number on the NEA website.
In a press conference on Sunday morning, the Executive Director of the National Elections Authority (NEA) Ahmed Bendari affirmed that the voting process is going smoothly across all polling stations and subcommittees. He noted that there was a slight delay in a committee in Giza for a few minutes, but operations resumed promptly.
The committee heads have also reported high citizen turnout, he said.
Bendari added that some heads had reported crowding in multiple polling stations, particularly among female voters.
The Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies (ECSS) reported significant turnout at most polling stations visited by the ECSS on-site observation team.
According to the ECSS report, the teams witnessed active participation from female and youth voters.
The ECSS further indicated that the majority of electoral committees opened their doors Sunday on time, while only a few committees opened late.
According to the NEA, eligible voters can head to 11,631 sub-committees set up across 9,376 polling stations and supervised by 15,000 judges nationwide.