Results:

Seats won in this election:

• Independents:    7
• The Progressive Tribune Society / Al Menbar Al Taqadomi: 1
• Islamic Al Asalah: 1

At stake in this election:     

• 40 seats in Bahrain’s Council of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nuwab)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: King HAMAD bin Isa al-Khalifa (since 6 March 1999)
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Prince KHALIFA bin Salman al-Khalifa (since 1971)
• Assembly: Bahrain has a bicameral National Assembly (al-Jamiyh al-Watani) consisting of the Shura Council (Majlis Al-Shura) with 40 seats and the Council of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nuwab) with 40 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The King is hereditary
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch.
• In the Shura Council (Majlis Al-Shura) 40 members are appointed by the monarch. In the Council of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nuwab) 40 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.**

** If no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round, a run-off is held.

Main parties in the electoral race:*

• Party: Independents
  • Leader: N/A
• Party: Islamic Al Asalah
  • Leader: Abdul Halim MURAD
• Party: National Islamic Al-Menbar
  • Leader: Ali AHMED ABDULLAH

* Independents won 37 of 40 seats in the 2014 elections. Several opposition parties – including the leading Shiite party, Al-Wefaq, and the leading secular party, the National Democratic Action Society – have been dissolved by the government. 

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 1,566,993 (2018 est.)
• Registered Voters: 365,467 (2018)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 573,892 (2018 est.)
• Is Bahrain a signatory to CEDAW: No.
• Has Bahrain ratified CEDAW: Yes (18 June 2002)
• Gender Quota: No.
• Female Candidates in this election: N/A
• Number of Female Legislators: 4 (10%) of 40 seats in the Council of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nuwab); 11 (27.5%) of 40 seats in the Shura Council (Majlis Al-Shura).
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 43 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Ranking: Not Ranked (2014)

Disability Data:

• Is Bahrain a signatory to CRPD: Yes (25 June 2007)
• Has Bahrain ratified CRPD: Yes (22 September 2011)
• Population with a disability: 201,992 (2018 est.)