Council of Representatives (Bahrain)

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Council of Representatives مجلس النواب Majlis an-nuwab
6th Legislative Session
Type
Type	Lower house of the National Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Ahmed bin Salman Al-Musallam since 12 December 2022
Secretary-General	Abdullah bin Khalaf Al Dosari since 27 October 2018
Structure
Seats	40 members
Political groups	Independents (40)
Elections
Voting system	Two-round system
Last election	12-19 November 2022
Next election	12 November 2026
Meeting place
Manama
Website
www.nuwab.gov.bh

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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 national legislative body of Bahrain.

The council was created by the 2002 Constitution of Bahrain and consists of forty members elected by universal suffrage. Members are elected for four-year terms from single-member constituencies using a two-round system, with a second round being held of the top two candidates if no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the first round.^[1] Candidates must be Bahraini citizens and at least 30 years old.^[1]

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 last election for the council was the 2022 Bahraini general election held on 12 November 2018, with the runoff on 19 November. Following the election, Ahmed bin Salman Al-Musallam was on 12 December 2022 elected chairman of the council.