Council of Representatives of Bahrain

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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.

[edit] Prominent MPs

e•d Summary of the 25 November and 2 December 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election results
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