Voters in Bahrain are returning to the polls for a run-off election being boycotted by the opposition for the country's first new parliament since widespread Arab Spring-inspired protests nearly four years ago. Today's election follows a first-round vote last weekend and is for 34 seats in the 40-seat lower house of parliament where no candidate won a majority. Bahraini authorities say more than half of registered voters cast ballots last Read more [...]

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By Mohammad Al-Enezi MANAMA, Nov 29 (KUNA) -- Eligible Bahraini voters began heading to ballot stations early on Saturday in run-off elections in 34 electoral districts. The voting is held after the first electoral round that ended with election of only six candidates out of 266 nominees, distributed over 40 districts. Bahraini television reported that 68 candidates are vying for membership in the 40-seat legislative assembly, competing in 34 constituencies, at a rate of Read more [...]