Electoral system for national legislature

Bahrain

Bahrain

Answer
TRS
Source

Kingdom of Bahrain, Elections 2022, Voters’ Guide, accessed 27 October 2022

Announcing the Results:

1- For the candidate to win membership of the Council of Representatives and the Municipal Council, he shall obtain an absolute majority (more than 50%) of the number of valid votes given in the election. If such majority is not achieved by any of the candidates in the constituency, then a re-election will be held between the two candidates that received the highest number of votes. […]

Kingdom of Bahrain, Elections 2022, Electoral System, accessed 27 October 2022

Comment

The text of the electoral legislation is not available. Therefore, we used secondary sources. 

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