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<h2 id="latest-elections">Latest elections</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/2022_Bahraini_general_election/WyuEbN5D">2022 Bahraini general election</a></p> <p>Six candidates, one of them female, were announced to have won seats in the first round; the remaining seats had to be contested in second-round runoff votes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The government reported that turnout among eligible voters was 73%, up from 67% in the 2018 election.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bahrain/">Adam Carr's Election Archive</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_articles.asp?Article=124220&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28207&date=10/13/2005">Women warned of 'dirty' poll fight</a>[<i>permanent dead link</i>], <a href="/facts/Gulf_Daily_News/mkXwLH7C">Gulf Daily News</a>, 13 October 2005</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Bahrain | Freedom House". Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-11-23. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054455/https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/bahrain" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054455/https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/bahrain</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Results arrive in Bahrain poll held without opposition - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". Al Monitor. AFP. 13 November 2022. <a href="https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/11/results-arrive-bahrain-poll-held-without-opposition" target="_blank">https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/11/results-arrive-bahrain-poll-held-without-opposition</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Bahrain holds election without opposition candidates". MalaysiaNow. AFP. 13 November 2022. <a href="https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/11/13/bahrain-holds-election-without-opposition-candidates" target="_blank">https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/11/13/bahrain-holds-election-without-opposition-candidates</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>