General elections for the Kingdom of Bahrain began on Saturday as Bahrainis go to the polls to vote. According to official figures released by the government, a total of 365,467 citizens have been confirmed.
Voters will vote for the election of 40 representatives of the House of Representatives and 30 municipal councils. The government said there were 506 candidates running for office, including the largest number of women candidates. He expects an electoral turnout higher than that of 2014, estimated at 53%.
Only 23 of the 40 incumbents in the House of Representatives are seeking re-election this year.
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Elections are held in 40 constituencies in four districts: Manama, Muharraq, the northern and southern governorates.
The Election Executive Committee has stated that the suspension of election propaganda encompasses all forms, including social media and SMS. The committee called on all candidates to respect the laws governing the electoral process and not to break the period of electoral silence.
More than 2,400 people participated in the organization of the electoral process, while the number of observers was 231 and that the number of voters outside Bahrain who voted on November 20 was up. rose to more than 3,600.
The upcoming elections will see the ban on the participation of members of political associations dissolved by the judiciary. This is the first of its kind in Bahrain since the 2002 legislative elections, which were the first after Bahrain's National Action Charter was adopted in February 2001.
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Last updated: Saturday, November 24, 2018 KSA 08:16 – GMT 05:16
