Bahrainis headed to the polls Saturday, with more than 330 candidates, including a record 73 women, competing to join the 40-seat council of representatives-the lower house of parliament that advises King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa. This is up from the 293 people-including 41 women-who ran for parliament in the last election in 2018. Lines formed outside some of the kingdom’s 55 polling stations before they opened at 8:00 am (0500 GMT)...
