The third edition of the Backstreet Festival kicked off in Alexandria on 16 October.

18:20 The liberal Free Egyptians Party (FEP) announced in a statement on Monday afternoon that it has filed a legal complaint against TV host and parliamentary candidate Abdel-Rahim Ali, accusing him of publishing “lies” about the party on his Al-Bawaba news website. On Saturday Al-Bawaba ran a story titled “Free Egyptians Party visits Alexandria Bishop to win Christian votes” claiming the FEP is making efforts to mobilise the Christian vote.

09:50 The US Consul General in Alexandria, Stephen G. Fakan, who is also an observer in the elections, told CBC news channel in front of Hoda Al-Shaarawy School in Alexandria that the voting process so far has been “smooth.”

‪#‎Live‬ updates: ‪#‎Egyptians‬ vote in first stage of ‪#‎parliamentary‬ elections

Some voters have been telling Ahram Online's Passant Darwish that they feel confused by the process. Voters get two ballot papers, one for their party-list vote and one for the individual constituencies, and each paper has to be posted in a separate ballot box.

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In this photo: A traditional Egyptian ''Felucca'' boat sails on the Nile river in #Cairo, #Egypt (Hossam Ahmed)

The overall death toll of pilgrims from the stampede last month has reached 769

BREAKING: Egypt cabinet orders half-day off Monday for state employees on 2nd voting day

16:20 Judge Omar Marwan, the official spokesperson of the High Elections Committee (HEC), criticised media reports on the turnout percentage as of Sunday late afternoon, Ahram Arabic reported.

“Those percentages are unreal and some media outlets reported our samples as the [actual] turnout,” said Marwan in a press conference at the HEC headquarters.

BREAKING: ‪#‎Egypt‬'s renowned Novelist Gamal El-Ghitani dies at 71

Ahram Online will be following all the developments as voters head to the polls on the first day of the first stage of the polls

Ahmed Al-Tayeb underlined the importance of countering 'the ideologies of terrorism' and thanked #France for its support for #Egypt

‪#‎Sawiris‬: Free Egyptians party not looking for majority in parliament