10. Article (18) of the same Law mentioned above, stipulates that, “The Minister of Justice, Islamic
Affairs, and Endowments shall preside over a supreme committee to supervise the validity of
the referendum and the election of the members of the House of Representatives throughout the
Kingdom, and to decide on all matters presented to it by the committees mentioned in Article
(7) of this Law. The Supreme Committee shall comprise a sufficient number of judges and legal
advisers appointed by the Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Endowments. The Central
Statistics Organization shall assist the Supreme Committee in carrying out the preparations for
the referendum, election, and nomination, and the supervision of all necessary technical works.”
11. Hence, Decree No. (71) of 2014 on the identification of electoral districts, constituencies, boundaries,
and sub-committees for the election of the House of Representatives, whereby the Kingdom of
Bahrain is divided into a number of electoral districts, namely, the Capital district, which is divided
into ten (10) electoral constituencies; Muharraq district, which is divided into eight (8) electoral
constituencies; the Northern district, which is divided into twelve (12) electoral constituencies; and
the Southern district, which is divided into ten (10) electoral constituencies. The delimitation of
each electoral district is the boundaries of the governorate in which it is located, with a total of forty
(40) provincial electoral constituencies.
12. Under the provisions of Decree No. (71) of 2014 on the identification of electoral districts,
constituencies, boundaries, and sub-committees for the election of the House of Representatives,
and Decree No. (80) of 2014 and Decree No. (44) of 2018, there are (14) public voting and counting
centers distributed among the various governorates of the Kingdom. These centers are for the
voters who are registered in one of the electoral lists in the Kingdom and wish to cast their votes
before such centers, to elect one of the candidates registered in their constituencies, provided that
the Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Endowments issues a decision forming the committees
and determining their headquarters.
13. Pursuant to the provisions of Article (18) of Decree-Law No. (14) of 2014 on the Exercise of
Political Rights and its amendments, Decision No. (77) of 2018 of the Chairman of the Supreme
Committee for the General Supervision of the Soundness of Elections of Members of the House
of Representatives regarding the nomination of the members of the Committee was issued. The
Committee comprises seven (7) judges and consultants. The Supreme Committee is also entrusted
with the general supervision of the soundness and integrity of the election of the members of the
House of Representatives in all electoral districts and constituencies in the Kingdom, the final
announcement of the general election result, and notifying the winning candidates to the House of
Representatives.
14. Regarding the municipal elections, Article (5) of Decree-Law No. (3) of 2002 on the system of election
of members of municipal councils, as amended, stipulates that, “… the Kingdom of Bahrain shall
be divided, in the application of the provisions of this Law, to a number of municipal electoral
districts, where each governorate shall be a municipal electoral district, each of which shall be
formed of a number of constituencies. One member shall be elected from each constituency….”
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