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The and a 2001 signed agreement with the Bahraini opposition. LATEST ELECTIONS See Also: Bahraini parliamentary election, 2006 Bahrain's parliamentary elections held on 25 November 2006 saw major gains for both Shia and Sunni Islamist parties. The election was preceded by a political realignment in which opposition parites that had boycotted 2002's poll agreed to take part. Turnout was 72%. Results:
Sheikh Ali Salman (leader), Khalil Al Marzooq, Shaikh Jassim Al Mo'min, Abduljalil Khalil, Mohammed Al Mezal, Sayed Jameel Khadim, Shaikh Hamza Al Dairy, Jalal Fairooz, Jawad Fairooz, Sayed Abdulla Al A'ali, Dr Abd'ali Hassan, Sayed Haidar Al Sitri, Sayed Maki Al Wedaie, Abdulhussain Al Metqawie, Mohammed Jameel Al Jamri, Dr Jassim Hussain and Jawad Fairooz
Dr Ali Ahmed Abdulla, Dr Samy Qambar, Nasser Al Fadhala, Ibrahim Al Hadi, Dr Salah Abdulrahman, Dr Shaikh Abdullatif Al Shaikh and Mohammed Khalid
Sheikh Adel Al Maawada , Ibrahim Busandal, Ghanim Al Buainain, Abdulhaleem Murad and Hamad Al Mohannadi.
Adel Al Asoomi, Isa Abu Al Fatah, Khalifa Al Dhahrani , Samy Al Buhairy, Jassim Al Saeedi , Abdulla Al Dossari, Khamis Al Rumaihi, Latifa Al Gaoud and Hassan Salem Al Dossari.
PAST ELECTIONS 2002 Parliamentary election The elections in 2002 were the first since the late emir Shaikh ). On 24 October 2002 , men and women went to the polls in Bahrain to vote in parliamentary elections for the new National Assembly. The Poll was the first national election in which women had the right to vote and stand as candidates (see Women's Political Rights In Bahrain for more details). The 2002 elections were at the core of Democratic Reforms launched by King Hamad when he became King in 1999. The Kingdom's political associations are gearing up to contest the general elections in September 2006. The largest opposition party Al Wefaq called for the restriction of the rights of elected MPs, campaigning for their legislative powers on issues related to the rights of women and children to be given to unelected clerics. In November 2005 they began a campaign for Bahrain's Constitution to be amended to reflect this. According to Rulers in parliamentary elections at 24 October 2002 the Sunni Islamists and independents won 16 of 40 seats. Turnout was 53.2%. In a second round held on October 31 , the independents won 12 seats and the Islamists 9. The secular representatives or independents secure a total of 21 of the 40 seats. No women candidates were elected. Candidates ran as individuals in the 2002 elections, but are organised in parliament as members of de facto political parties known as 'political societies'. EXTERNAL LINKS
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