Egyptian court annuls parliamentary election results in 26 districts over ‘violations’

Egypt’s top administrative court has annulled the results of parliamentary elections in 26 electoral districts due to violations, local media reported on Sunday, Anadolu reports. The first phase of the parliamentary elections was held on Nov. 10-11 to choose members of the House of Representatives across 14 of Egypt’s 27 governorates. The state news agency MENA said the decision to cancel the parliamentary vote results by the Higher Administrative Court on Saturday was based on appeals by candidates who ran in the first phase. The court ruled to “invalidate the electoral process and void the announcement of results in 26 districts across nine governorates,” MENA said, without specifying further details. There was no immediate comment from the National Election Authority […]