2011 Bahraini parliamentary by-elections

2011 Bahraini parliamentary by-elections
18 lower house seats vacated during the Bahraini uprising
Turnout	17.4%
Prime Minister before election; Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa;	Elected Prime Minister ; Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa;

Eighteen parliamentary by-elections were held in Bahrain in 2011 following the resignation of 18 MPs from the largest political party in parliament, Al Wefaq, in protest at governmental actions during the Bahraini uprising.^[2]^[3] Security forces closed Pearl Roundabout and attacked protestors in the village of Sanabis.^[3] The elections were held using a two-round system, with the first round on 24 September and the second on 1 October 2011 in the constituencies where no candidate had received a majority of the vote in the first round.

^ Cite error: The named reference reuters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Bahrain holds vote to fill seats vacated during unrest". Al-Ahram/Thomson Reuters. 2011-09-24. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
^ ^a ^b Bronner, Ethan (2011-09-24). "Bahrain Vote Erupts in Violence". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2011-09-24.

[reuters-1] Cite error: The named reference reuters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[ThReut_boycott-2] "Bahrain holds vote to fill seats vacated during unrest". Al-Ahram/Thomson Reuters. 2011-09-24. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2011-09-24.

[NYT_violence-3] Bronner, Ethan (2011-09-24). "Bahrain Vote Erupts in Violence". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2011-09-24.

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