2014 Bahraini general election

2014 Bahraini general election
Bahrain
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All 40 seats in the Council of Representatives
Party Leader Seats +/–
Al Asalah Ghanim Al Buaneen 2 −1
Al-Menber Salah Ali 1 −1
Independents 37 +20
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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]

  1. ^ Kingdom of Bahrain: Election for Majlis al-Nuwab (Council of Representatives) IFES
  2. ^ "Bahrain 'fully ready for elections'". Gulf News. 21 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "A day of firsts in Bahrain elections". Gulf News. 21 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Justice Minister hails successful parliamentary and municipal polls". Bahrain News Agency. 29 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Bahrain gears up for run-off elections". Al Jazeera. 28 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Bahrain: 14 Shiite Candidates Win Seats After Runoff Elections". Associated Press. 30 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Bahrain's political societies lose big in polls". Gulf News. 1 December 2014.