365,467 citizens eligible to vote in upcoming elections

A total of 365,467 citizens have been confirmed eligible to vote in the upcoming elections, the Executive Committee of the 2018 elections announced. This came as the voters’ lists were confirmed after the High Civil Court of Appeals completed the examination of all the appeals submitted to it by voters against the decisions of heads of supervisory centers.

The committee said that there are 81,892 eligible voters in the 10-constituency Capital Governorate, 79,213 in the 8-constituency Muharraq Governorate, 125,870 in the 12-constituency Northern Governorate and 78,492 in the 10-constituency Southern Governorate.

The executive committee pointed out that 21 appeals had been submitted to the court, which upheld 12 decisions of the judges of supervisory centers, and overturned nine others.

The committee also renewed its call for all those wishing to run for parliamentary or municipal elections to submit their nomination applications to the supervisory centres across the kingdom’s governorates between October 17 and 21, from 05 pm to 09 pm, stressing that they should meet the legal eligibility terms and bring all the required nomination documents.