MANAMA: Thirteen general centres and 36 constituency centres started counting ballots shortly after closing the polling boxes at 8 pm in the parliamentary and municipal elections runoff. Bahraini voters, whose electoral bloc tops 349,713, cast their ballots in the second and final round of the elections to choose 34 members of the Representatives Council in four governorates and 21 municipal councilors in three governorates.
The parliamentary and municipal elections runoff kicked off today with a massive participation of citizens. Five parliamentary seats and 8 municipal ones have already been filled in the first round in which participation reached 52.6 % in the parliamentary elections and 59.1 % in the municipal polls.
Polling centres across Bahrain closed at 08:00 PM paving the way for vote counting to start. Voters headed to their respective polling stations at 08:00 AM to exercise their constitutional rights and cast their ballots in the run-off elections so as to elect the most competent Mps who will serve their nation and society.
More than 100 candidates were in the fray in the second round in 34 parliamentary constituencies and 21 municipal ones. Bahrainis participated massively in the first round as the voter turn-out topped 52%, which amounts to 153,000 voters out of an overall bloc of 340,000 eligible voters.