Bahrain holds election without opposition candidates

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 14, 2022 12:01 am

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Bahrainis headed to the polls Saturday (Sunday in Manila) but a ban on opposition candidates meant the election will bring no meaningful change despite a record number of people vying for seats, rights groups said.

More than 330 candidates, including a record 73 women, are competing to join the 40-seat council of representatives -- the lower house of parliament that advises King Hamad, who has ruled since his father died in March 1999.

An elderly Bahraini woman prepares her ballot at a polling station in the city of Jidhafs, about 3 kilometers west of the capital Manama, during parliamentary elections, on Nov. 12, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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