members of the Council of Representatives and members of municipal councils,
which include the following:
The issuance of Decree No. (71) for the year 2014 which determined the areas
and electoral constituencies and their boundaries and the sub-committees
required for electing the members of the Council of Representatives, as it
divided the Kingdom of Bahrain into four electoral regions and defined the limit
of every area to be as the limits of the governorate it is located in. It divided the
Kingdom to (4) electoral districts as follows: the Capital area, Muharraq area ,
Northern area and Southern region. In accordance with the Decree No. (39) for
the year 2002 the determination of areas, constituencies, boundaries and subcommittees for the election of the House of Representatives there were (5)
electoral districts, where the Central Region was abolished from the latter.
The issuance of Law No. (24) for the year 2014, amending some provisions of
the Municipal Law issued by Legislative Decree No. 35 for the year 2001, which
dealt with the division of the kingdom to four municipalities as follows: The
Municipality of Muharraq, the Municipality of the Northern region, the
Municipality of the Central Region, the Municipality of the Southern region, and
the secretariat of the capital, where under this amendment Manama Municipality
was canceled, to be replaced by the secretariat of the capital, resulting in the
abolition of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Manama and replaced
by the Capital Secretariat Council, which consists of no fewer than (10)
members appointed by Royal Decree, including the Chairman and Deputy
Chairman from among members selected from civil society organizations
concerned with municipal working, and who are experienced and competent, as
well as residing in the Capital.
The issuance of Decree No. (70) for the year 2014 on the abolition of the
Municipality of the Central Region, which entailed the issuance of Resolution
No. (35) for the year 2014 on the determination of areas, constituencies,
boundaries and sub-committees for the election of members of the municipal
council, in accordance with which
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the Resolution divided the municipal