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General elections were held in Bahrain in November 2014 to elect the forty members of the Council of Representatives. The first round of voting took place on 22 November, with a second round on 29 November in the 34 constituencies in which no candidate received a majority.[1][2]
The elections were boycotted by the Shiite Islamist opposition Al-Wefaq.[3] Of the 266 candidates, 22 were women.[3] According to election officials, 349,713 Bahrainis, including 175,998 men and 173,175 women, were listed to vote. Although the government announced the voter turnout as 52.6%,[4] the opposition claimed it was only 30%.[5]
Independents won 37 of the 40 seats with Sunni Islamists losing two of their five seats. The number of Shiite MPs fell to 14 as a result of the Al-Wefaq boycott. Female representation was reduced from four to three.[6][7]
- ^ Kingdom of Bahrain: Election for Majlis al-Nuwab (Council of Representatives) IFES
- ^ "Bahrain 'fully ready for elections'". Gulf News. 21 November 2014.
- ^ a b "A day of firsts in Bahrain elections". Gulf News. 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Justice Minister hails successful parliamentary and municipal polls". Bahrain News Agency. 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Bahrain gears up for run-off elections". Al Jazeera. 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Bahrain: 14 Shiite Candidates Win Seats After Runoff Elections". Associated Press. 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Bahrain's political societies lose big in polls". Gulf News. 1 December 2014.