Muscat: Two women made their entry as 86 members were elected to the ninth term of Majlis Al Shura.
According to results posted late in the night at the Ministry of Interior website, Tahira Al Lawatiya and Fadhila Abdullah Suleiman All Ruaili representing the wilayats of Muttrah and Suhar, respectively, are the two winners from the 40 female candidates who contested the elections.
All the 110 election centres were well organised in terms of receiving and guiding the voters in exercising their franchise in all the governorates.
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“All the centres had higher voter turnout”, Oman News Agency (ONA) said quoting the ministry.
There was a 20 per cent rise in number of voters this time compared to the eighth term elections.
A total of 637 candidates, including 40 women, were in the fray for the 86-member Shura elections, which saw 713,335 voters, including 375,801 males and 337,534 females casting their votes.
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