2002 Bahraini general election

General elections were held in Bahrain on 24 October 2002 to elect the forty members of the Council of Representatives, with a second round on 31 October 2002. They were the second general elections in the country's history, and the first since the dissolution of the 1973 National Assembly.

The elections were the first to be held under the 2002 constitution, with voter turnout reported to be 53.2%.^[1] For the first time, women had the right to vote and the right to stand in national elections.

^ Bahrain Schedules Second Round for Parliamentary Elections, IFES Election Guide, 28 October 2002

[1] Bahrain Schedules Second Round for Parliamentary Elections, IFES Election Guide, 28 October 2002

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