The state-run High Elections Commission (HEC) has suspended parliamentary polling in Kafr al-Sheikh's Hamul district, in which independent MP Hamdeen Sabahi is competing for the professional's seat. The HEC also suspended polling in Beni Sueif's Nasser Center district and in Beheira's Mahmudiyah district. It further suspended balloting at 12 branch polling stations in the Fayoum governorate's Tamiya Center district, and at four polling stations in Menoufia's Shebin al-Koum district after riots broke out between supporters of rival candidates.