Doha, 22 June 2023

Recently, the Central Municipal Council (CMC) elections were held in Qatar, with 102 candidates participating, including four women. Two members were elected unopposed.

The voter register had a total of 34,527 registered citizens, comprising both male and female voters. Approximately 40.7% of the voters cast their votes in the elections.

The voting process took place in 27 electoral constituencies, with the candidates in the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth constituencies being elected unopposed.

Enthusiasm to serve the community in their constituencies and support for each other among the contesters was amazing and very interesting. All the contesters in each constituency were seen available during visiting some of the polling stations. Every one of the contesters said whether win or lose will work together with the winning Council member.

Following is the list of the elected Municipal Council members in Qatar :

Jassem Najm Ali Ahmed Al Khulaifi                                                                                                                                     Jassem Ali Jaber BusuyoulAl Surour                                                                                                                                        Mohammed Rashid Khamees Al Samkhan Al Kubaisi                                                                                                          Badr Sultan Saad Sultan Al Rumaihi                                                                                                                                        Mohammed Salem Mohammed Al Qamra Al Marri                                                                                                              Abdullah Ghanem Hassan Sultan Al Ghanim                                                                                                                          Fahad Abdullah Abdulrahman Al Mulla                                                                                                                                  Waleed Mohammed Abdulrahim Mohammed Al Emadi                                                                                                        Hassan Ali Othman Mahmoud Al Ishaq                                                                                                                                  Abdulrahman Abdullah Mohammed Ali Al Khulaifi                                                                                                                Mohammed ManaAyed Al AbdKhuwar                                                                                                                                  Mohammed Ali Mohammed Al Hamar Al Adhbah                                                                                                                Abdullah Mohammed Mubarak Al-Nabit                                                                                                                              Mohammed Hamoud Shafi Al Shafi                                                                                                                                        Mubarak Fresh Mubarak Saleh Al Salim                                                                                                                              Mohammed Saleh Rashid Al Khayarin Al Hajri                                                                                                                    Abdullah Khaled Qasim Al Yahri Al Yafie                                                                                                                              Hamad Khaled Khalifa Al Kubaisi                                                                                                                                            Fahad Hamad Mohammed Hussein Al Breidi                                                                                                                        Saeed Ali Hamad Al Ghufrani Al Marri                                                                                                                                    Nayef Ali Mohammed Mayqah Al Ahbabi                                                                                                                              Fahad Salem Dhaidan Al Qouz Al Marri                                                                                                                                  Mohammed Dhafir Mohammed Al Mufqa'i Al Hajri                                                                                                              Ali Kharbash Humaid Kharbash Al Mansouri                                                                                                                          Abdullah Muqlad Ali Ibrahim Al Muraikhi                                                                                                                            Hassan Lahdan Ali Abujamhour Al Muhannadi                     (Unaposed)                                                                            Rashid Saria’Ghazwan Al Saria’ Al Ka'abi                               (Unaposed)                                                                            Mohammed Abdullah Ali Mohammed Al Sadah

Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Faisal Al-Thani, the Minister of State for Interior Affairs, praised the voter turnout and inspected the electoral process in the 15th constituency. During his inspection, he was briefed on all the equipment prepared by the Supervisory Committee to ensure the highest organizational standards in the electoral process.

He commended the Ministry of Interior for organizing the electoral process at the highest level and in accordance with the best standards. Sheikh Abdulaziz also praised the keenness of the CMC Elections Supervisory Committee in providing modern technologies to ensure a smooth electoral process. Additionally, he highlighted the employment of trained national cadres, transparency, and the application of all necessary controls to enable citizens to exercise their electoral rights in a safe and comfortable environment.

Abdullah bin Khalaf Al-Kaabi, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, confirmed after inspecting the first constituency that all procedures related to the electoral process have been conducted easily and efficiently since the initial stages of the seventh elections of the Central Municipal Council.

The Electoral Supervisory Committee at the Ministry of the Interior has endeavored to provide all the necessary means and support to ensure that elections are completed and conducted easily and accessibly for both voters and candidates.

He stated that all concerned bodies within the Ministry of the Interior are operating within a good working system, as they have gained experience in organizing elections. He also praised the keenness of voters to participate in selecting their representatives in the Central Municipal Council since its doors were opened for the election.

The Undersecretary of the Minister of Interior added that efforts to raise awareness of the electoral process by all concerned bodies, through the dissemination of numerous awareness messages in various media, websites, social media sites, and official newspapers, contributed to raising awareness among all parties involved in the electoral process.

Municipal Council elections are held in accordance with the laws, decrees, and ministerial decisions governing the electoral process. The supervisory committee, executive committees, and electoral committees have completed their preparatory, organizational, and procedural tasks for the seventh term of the Central Municipal Council elections."