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1973 Bahraini general election

General elections were held in Bahrain for the first time on 12 December 1973. 30 of the 44 seats in the unicameral National Assembly were contested, the other 14 were ex officio. Of the 24,883 registered exclusively male voters, 19,509 cast a ballot, giving a voter turnout of 78%.

Electoral system
The elections were held under the 1973 constitution. The 44-seat National Assembly had thirty members elected by a franchise restricted to male citizens, with an additional 14 ministers of the royally-appointed government becoming ex officio members. ==Elected members==
Elected members
The elected members of the 1973 national assembly were: ==Aftermath==
Aftermath
In 1975 the Assembly was dissolved by the then ruler Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa because it refused to pass the government sponsored State Security Law of 1974. Isa subsequently refused to allow the Assembly to meet again or hold elections during his lifetime. The next parliamentary elections were held in 2002 after a gap of 27 years. During that period, Bahrain was run by the royally-appointed government under emergency laws. ==References==
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