Maat concludes following up on the first day of voting with the second stage

The committees closed on their appointments ... The last hours have witnessed an increase in dissenting propaganda and mass transfer of voters

The organization’s followers covered 70% from the polling stations of the second phase during the first day and the turnout was moderate

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Final Statement November 22, 2015 at 9:30 pm

The Parliamentary Elections Observatory of the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights concluded its follow-up to the polling stage on the first day of voting in the second stage of the parliamentary elections, as field observers of the Foundation covered 94 electoral districts in 10 governorates.

During the first day of voting, the institution’s followers were able to visit 3920 polling stations, with a percentage of approximately 70% of the total polling centers in the governorates of the second phase, and a rate of more than 80% of the total polling centers in the ten governorates that the institution targeted with its local followers.

During the last hours of the day, the observers of Maat monitored the continued stability in the security situation, and with the exception of minor quarrels between some security personnel and voters with a limited number of committees, there was nothing detracting from the performance of the assigned insurance forces, which played a noticeable role during the last hours in resolving clashes between Supporters of some candidates in some constituencies, and also to intervene to stop some attempts to break through the electoral silence and to practice propaganda in front of polling stations by some candidates.

The mission observer monitored the continuation of average turnout rates, slightly less than the average, during the last hours until the election commissions were closed, as the vast majority of the committees closed at exactly nine o'clock, and there was only a delay in a very small number of committees due to the presence of some voters who did not cast their votes. Note that the extension of the voting period in these committees did not exceed 10 minutes.

The last hours of polling day witnessed an increase in the intensity of the violating electoral campaigning, and the mass transfer of voters to cast their votes in a number of polling stations, which may be associated with the provision of electoral bribes in many cases.

Maat Al-Ghad Foundation will continue monitoring the polling process on its second day, and the Foundation’s Parliamentary Elections Observatory will continue to publish testimonies on its official page on the social networking site Facebook.