Egyptian television is reporting that the country's election commission has set 21 November as the date for a vote on the country’s lower house of parliament.
The election would be the first in the country since Hosni Mubarak was ousted seven months ago.
Al Arabiya Television also quoted the head of the election commission as saying voting for the upper house will take place two months later on 22 January.
Election commission officials were not immediately available to comment on the report and an army source said the date will be announced in the coming days.
The election will be the first free vote in decades for Egyptians after 30 years of autocratic rule by Mr Mubarak.
The country's ruling military council has been under pressure to fix a precise date for the election it had promised to hold when it took over control of the country in February.
A member of the ruling council said in July the vote will be held in three stages to make it easier for monitors to oversee voting.
Political parties are due to meet members of the ruling military council tomorrow to discuss preparations for the elections.
