Governorate (8) seats, Northern Governorate (12) seats, and the Southern Governorate 10) seats.  Election of Members of Municipal Councils: The total number of candidates for membership of the three municipal councils is one hundred and thirty five (135) candidates competed for 20 seats: The Muharraq province municipal council was allocated, by law, eight (8) seats, the Northern province municipal council was allocated twelve (12) seats, and Southern province municipal council was allocated ten (10) seats.  Total Vote : According to official statistics published figures, the total vote was (349,713). The total vote for the Capital Governorate was (90,349), Muharraq Governorate (68,618), Northern Governorate (119, 467) and Southern Governorate (71,279). Voter turnout in the parliamentary elections was (52.6%), while voter turnout in municipal elections was (59.1%) of the total vote.  Election system in the Kingdom of Bahrain: It is noteworthy that the election system in Bahrain is based on single a candidate selection, whether for membership of the Council of Representatives or municipal councils, where a voter may give his vote for one candidate from among several candidates, which means that the ballot paper shall have one candidate's name, as only one candidate is elected for each constituency (parliamentary or municipal).  Legislative Amendments: To enforce the outcomes of the National Consensus Dialogue involving all political parties, led by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince following the directives of His Majesty the King on the political theme, the parties to the dialogue agreed on the need to take corrective action, including legislative amendments dealing with constituencies and strengthening the independence of the High Elections Commission. Accordingly, the year 2014 witnessed a number of legislative amendments related to the electoral process, both for the election of 7