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….”
15. Article (18) of the same Law stipulates that, “Each constituency shall have one or more committees
called (the ballot and counting committee), which shall be responsible for administering the ballot
in the constituency and counting the votes. These committees shall be formed by a decision of
the Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Endowments, comprising a chair and a number of
members, one of whom shall serve as secretary of the committee. The decision shall also determine
the headquarters of these committees and shall specify the person acting in lieu of the chair in his/
her absence or inability to carry out the job.”
16. Hence, Resolution No. (35) of 2014 on the determination of municipal electoral districts, constituencies
and their boundaries, and the subcommittees for the election of members of the municipal councils,
whereby the Kingdom of Bahrain is divided into a number of municipal electoral districts,
namely, Muharraq Governorate, which is divided into (8) electoral constituencies; the Northern
Governorate, which is divided into (12) electoral constituencies; the Southern Governorate, which
is divided into (10) electoral constituencies. The delimitation of each electoral constituency is
determined by the boundaries of the governorate in which it is located. The total number of the
provincial constituencies is (30) constituencies, which are the same provincial centers designated
for the election of members of the House of Representatives in the mentioned governorates.
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