electorates to exercise their constitutional right in voting and running for election that took place on 22 November 2014, followed by the second round runoff on 29 November 2014, which ended by formation of the council of representatives and the three municipal councils distributed over the Kingdom’s governorates. 9.3 According to the official announced numbers and statistics, the total candidates for the membership of the parliament for the 2014 parliamentary elections reached 266 candidates from the four governorates of the Kingdom, vying for the 40 seats in the council of representatives. According to the law, the Capital Governorate was allocated (10) seats, Muharraq Governorate (8) seats, Northern Governorate (12) seats, and the Southern Governorate (10) seats. As for the municipal elections, the total number of candidates for the three municipal council membership were (135) candidates competing for 20 seats: The Muharraq province municipal council allocated (8) seats, the Northern province municipal council (12) seats, and Southern province municipal council (10) seats. 9.4 According to the official announced numbers and statistics the total vote for the Capital Governorate was (90,349), Muharraq Governorate (68,618), Northern Governorate (119, 467) and Southern Governorate (71,279), with the total vote was (349,713)16. The voter turnout in the parliamentary elections was (52.6%), while voter turnout in municipal elections was (59.1%) of the total voters.17 16 Press release by the Executive Director of the parliamentary and municipal elections 2014 for 2014 as published in Bahrain News Agency (BNA) on 21 October 2014. 17 Final results of the parliamentary and municipal elections 2014 announced by head of the High Elections and Referendum Commission as published in Bahrain News Agency (BNA) on 30 November 2014. Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 55