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 together 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 October 2010.

Prominent MPs

e • d **Summary of the 23 October and 30 October 2010 Council of Representatives of Bahrain elections results**
Party		Ideology	Seats
	Al Wefaq	Shia Islamist	18
	Al Asalah	Sunni Salafist	3
	Al-Menbar Islamic Society	Sunni Islamist	2
	Independents	Various (all Sunni)	17
	Total		40

Source: "Independents the biggest winners". Gulf Daily News. 1 November 2010. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=290557.

Council of Representatives official website
Key issues are "ignored by MPs", Gulf Daily News, 21 January 2006 covers attitudes among civil society groups to MPs' performance since 2002
Constitution of Bahrain (2002):Part 2 The Chamber of Deputies