A remarkable presence in the voting centers without any violations recorded
Bahrainis vote in parliamentary and municipal elections
Election officials during vote counting at a polling station in Sanad, south of Manama.
AFP
Yesterday, Bahraini voters cast their votes at the polls to elect members of the House of Representatives for the sixth legislative term, as well as the municipal councils. The Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for General Supervision of Election Safety, Nawaf bin Muhammad Al-Maawda, confirmed that no violations were recorded in the parliamentary and municipal elections. .
According to the statistics of the Executive Administration for Parliamentary and Municipal Elections 2022, the total number of candidates on the final lists is 507 candidates. Voters choose 40 deputies to represent them in the House of Representatives and 30 members of municipal councils, while the total electorate is about 344,713 voters.
The electoral bloc in the capital governorate, which includes 10 constituencies, reached 66,148 voters, in Muharraq governorate, which includes eight districts, 81,637 voters, in the northern governorate, which includes 12 districts, 121,581 voters, and in the southern governorate, which includes 10 districts, 75,347 voters.
Fifteen general polling centers and 40 sub-polling centers distributed according to electoral districts throughout the Kingdom received 344,713 voters who have the right to vote in the elections.
Elections in Bahrain enjoy full judicial supervision at all stages of the electoral process, starting from the voter lists until the announcement of the final results, which embodies the integrity and transparency of the elections.
On November 8, at the diplomatic missions of the Kingdom of Bahrain abroad, voting and voting for the 2022 parliamentary elections took place in 37 different capitals and cities around the world.
Eleven civil society associations participate in the national monitoring of the 2022 parliamentary and municipal elections.
Yesterday, Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, Nawaf bin Muhammad Al-Maawda, confirmed that no violations were recorded, either in the voting procedures or at the level of electoral campaigning for candidates in and around electoral districts in the parliamentary and municipal elections.
The Bahrain News Agency (BNA) quoted Al-Maawda as saying, during his inspection of the polling process, that Bahraini citizens registered with their remarkable and massive presence with the start of the voting process in the parliamentary and municipal elections, very democratic scenes of patriotism, commitment and responsibility.
Al-Maawda added that the electoral process, since the first hours of polling, witnessed a large turnout of Bahraini voters who were keen to attend, participate and queue before opening the doors in the polling stations, praising what they saw in the general and sub-electoral centers of a wide and expected turnout from the people of Bahrain, as in the previous elections. .
He expressed his confidence in the success of the democratic elections in the Kingdom of Bahrain, wishing all candidates success.
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