1973 Bahraini general election
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30 of the 44 seats in the National Assembly | ||
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Turnout | 78.4% | |
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General elections were held in
ex officio.[2] Of the 24,883 registered voters, 19,509 cast a ballot, giving a voter turnout of 78.4%.[3]
Two distinct political blocs amongst the elected members; the "People's Bloc" consisted of eight Shia and Sunni members elected from urban areas and associated with left-wing and nationalist organizations, including the
Baathist movement. The 'Religious Bloc' was made up of six Shia members mostly from rural constituencies. The remaining members were independents with shifting positions.[4]
Electoral system
The elections were held under the 1973 constitution. The 44-seat National Assembly had thirty members elected by a franchise restricted to male citizens, with an additional 14 ministers of the royally-appointed government becoming ex officio members.[4]
Elected members
The elected members of the 1973 national assembly were:
Constituency | Elected Member | Bloc[5] | Votes[6] | Position |
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1 | Rasool Al-Jishi | 759 | ||
1 | Khalid Ibrahim Al-Thawadi | 691 | ||
2 | Abdulhadi Khalaf | 711 | ||
2 | Hassan Al Jishi | 582 | President | |
3 | Mohammed Salman Ahmed Hammad | 288 | ||
4 | Mohammed Abdullah Harmas | 304 | ||
4 | Mohsin Hameed Al-Marhoon | People's | 221 | |
5 | Ali Saleh Al-Saleh | 468 | ||
6 | Hamad Abdullah Abul | 311 | ||
7 | Ali Ebrahim Abdul Aal | 207 | ||
8 | Abdullah Ali Al-Moawada | 580 | ||
8 | Jassim Mohammed Murad | 596 | ||
9 | Ali Qasim Rabea |
People's | 573 | |
9 | Mohammed Jaber Al-Sabah | People's | 341 | |
10 | Isa Hassan Al-Thawadi | 557 | ||
10 | Ibrahim Mohammed Hassan Fakhro | 488 | ||
11 | Khalifa Ahmed Al Bin Ali | 388 | Vice-President | |
12 | Abdullah Mansoor Isa | 650 | ||
13 | Mustafa Mohammed Al-Qassab | Religious | 665 | |
13 | Alawi Makki Alsharakhat | 633 | ||
14 | Abdullah Al-Shaikh Mohammed Al-Madani | Religious | 771 | Secretary |
15 | Isa Ahmed Qasim | Religious | 1079 | |
15 | Abdul Amir al-Jamri | Religious | 817 | |
16 | Abbas Mohammed Ali | Religious | 324 | |
17 | Yousif Salman Kamal | 359 | ||
18 | Abdul Aziz Mansoor Al-Aali | 631 | ||
19 | Hassan Ali Al-Mutawaj | Religious | 585 | |
19 | Salman Al shaikh Mohammed | Religious | 495 | |
20 | Ibrahim bin Salman al Khalifa | 572 | ||
20 | Khalifa Al Dhahrani | 250 |
Aftermath
In 1975 the Assembly was dissolved by the then ruler Sheikh
next parliamentary elections were held in 2002 after a gap of 27 years. During that period, Bahrain was run by the royally-appointed government under emergency laws.[4]
References
- ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ "Majlis Al-Nuwab (Council of Representatives)" (PDF). INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Nohlen et al., p54
- ^ a b c Bahrain, Federal Research Division, 2004, Kessinger Publishing, pp 97 - 98
- ^ «الكتلة الدينية» في برلمان 1973 Al Wasat News (in Arabic)
- ^ انتخابات المجلس الوطني عام 1973 (2) Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Akhnar al-Khaleej (in Arabic)