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The Council of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab), sometimes translated as the "Chamber of Deputies", is the name given to the lower house of the Bahraini National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain.
The body was created by the 2002 Constitution of Bahrain. The Council comprises forty members elected by universal suffrage.
The forty seats of the Council of Representatives combines with the forty royally-appointed seats of the Consultative Council form the Bahraini National Assembly.
The current chairman of the Council is Khalifa Al Dhahrani. The last elections for the Council were in September 2006.
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Prominent MPs
- Speaker: Khalifa Al Dhahrani
- First Deputy Speaker: Adel Mouwda
- Ali Mattar
- Jassim Al Saeedi
- Lateefa Al Gaood (first female MP in the Gulf region)
Latest election
| Candidates/Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society (Jam'iyat al-Wifaq al-Watany al-Islamiyah)) | 17 | ||
| National Democratic Action | 1 | ||
| Al-Menbar Islamic Society | 7 | ||
| Al Asalah (including 1 independent Asalafist) | 6 | ||
| Economists Bloc | 0 | ||
| National Unity Bloc | 0 | ||
| independent pro-government candidates | 9 | ||
| Total |
See also
- Bahraini National Assembly
- Consultative Council of Bahrain
- Bahrain election 2006 women candidates
- List of Speakers of the Council of Representatives of Bahrain
External links
- Website of the Council of Representatives
- Key issues are "ignored by MPs", Gulf Daily News, 21 January 2006 covers attitudes among civil society groups to MPs' performance since 2002
- Constitution of Bahrain (2002):Part 2 The Chamber of Deputies
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