Back الانتخابات البلدية السعودية 2015 Arabic সৌদি আরবের পৌর নির্বাচন, ২০১৫ Bengali/Bangla Kommunalwahlen in Saudi-Arabien 2015 German Elecciones municipales de Arabia Saudita de 2015 Spanish Élections municipales saoudiennes de 2015 French Ռեգիոնալ ընտրություններ Սաուդյան Արաբիայում (2015) Armenian Pemilihan umum Dewan Kota Arab Saudi 2015 ID 2015 Saudi Arabian municipal elections IG Wybory lokalne w Arabii Saudyjskiej w 2015 roku Polish Региональные выборы в Саудовской Аравии (2015) Russian
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Elections were held in Saudi Arabia on 12 December 2015 for municipal councils, which have limited decision-making powers on local issues such as rubbish collection and street maintenance.[1][2][3] The previous two elections, in 2005 and 2011, were for half the council seats and were open to male candidates and voters only. The 2015 election was for two thirds of the council seats, on 284 municipal councils,[4] with both male and female candidates and voters.[5][6][7] This was the first election in Saudi Arabia in which women were allowed to vote, the first in which they were allowed to run for office, and the first in which women were elected as politicians.[8][9]
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