Egyptian elections authorities decided Wednesday to start on Oct. 12 to receive the candidacy applications for the parliamentary elections, the official news agency MENA reported.
The High Judicial Elections Commission will receive candidacy applications at appeals courts in all provinces from Oct. 12 to Oct. 18, it said.
The first stage of the People's Assembly elections will start on Nov. 28 and that of the Shura Council elections on Jan. 29.
The People's Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, has 498 seats and the Shura Council, the upper house, has 270 seats. Parties can compete for two thirds of the seats while the rest seats will be contested by both parties and independents.
Members of the former ruling National Democratic Party may be banned from running in the elections according to the Treason Law, which has been amended by the government and is awaiting the approval of the ruling military council.
The elections will be the first parliamentary elections after the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak in February after 18 days of nationwide anti-government protests.
The High Judicial Elections Commission will receive candidacy applications at appeals courts in all provinces from Oct. 12 to Oct. 18, it said.
The first stage of the People's Assembly elections will start on Nov. 28 and that of the Shura Council elections on Jan. 29.
The People's Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, has 498 seats and the Shura Council, the upper house, has 270 seats. Parties can compete for two thirds of the seats while the rest seats will be contested by both parties and independents.
Members of the former ruling National Democratic Party may be banned from running in the elections according to the Treason Law, which has been amended by the government and is awaiting the approval of the ruling military council.
The elections will be the first parliamentary elections after the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak in February after 18 days of nationwide anti-government protests.
