14. In all cases, the polling and counting committee at the electoral center prepared minutes containing the name of the winning candidate, the number of votes received by each candidate in his/her constituency, and announced the result. The chairman and secretary of the committee sign the minutes and close the ballot boxes. The NIHR’s monitoring team did not observe, during this stage, and during the announcement of the results, any objections at the time. 15. In this regard, the NIHR commends the good organization and training provided to the organizers of the polling and counting process in the electoral centers. This was reflected positively on the smooth running of the electoral process. However, the said organizers, in any event, must refrain from expressing their opinion, explicitly or implicitly, or promoting one of the candidates, or interfering in the choices of the voter during the ballot. The NIHR has monitored through social media a video footage, which seems to be of one of the organizers in a provincial center, who has clearly demonstrated his joy with the winning of one candidate while the chairman of the center was announcing the results. The impartiality and independence of the organizers of the polling and counting centers reflects the integrity of the entire electoral process. 16. According to the official statistics issued by the Supreme Committee for the General Supervision of the Soundness of Elections, the number of candidates in the parliamentary and municipal elections of 2018 was (430) candidates, of which (293) candidates, including (39) women candidates, were running for the membership of the House of Representatives. Whereas the number of candidates for the membership of municipal councils was (137) candidates, of which (8) candidates were women. 17. According to the relevant official figures, the participation rate in the parliamentary elections was (67%), compared to (53%) in the previous elections. Whereas the participation rate in the municipal elections was approximately (70%). Voting abroad in the first round was the highest percentage participation in the history of elections in the Kingdom, and the number of votes in the elections was the highest compared to the previous municipal elections. 18. With regard to the 2018 parliamentary elections, (9) candidates, of which (2) are female candidates, secured more than (50%) of the votes, which enabled them to obtain seats in the House of Representatives from the first round of elections. Run-off election took place in (31) constituencies; (9) women were able to stand for run-off election, of which (4) women won seats in the elected 68