Qataris Thursday voted to elect members of the 7th Central Municipal Council (CMC). Twenty-nine new members were announced by Maj Gen Majid Ibrahim al-Khulaifi, chairman of the Supervisory Committee for the Central Municipal Council Elections at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) after the votes were counted in the evening.A statement from the MoI explained that 40.7% or a total of 34,527 voters, both male and female citizens, registered their names for voting. The voting process was held at 27 electoral constituencies with the winners of the 27th and 28th constituencies already elected uncontested. A total of 102 candidates, including four females, were in the fray.
With all preparations and technical arrangements in place, polling centres welcomed voters from 8am to 5pm in 27 constituencies. "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, organisational, and procedural tasks for the seventh term of the CMC,” Maj Gen al-Khulaifi said.The winners pledged to serve their constituencies and the country while working to improve the quality of various services. Talking to Qatar TV, Waleed al-Emadi, who won from Constituency 8, said he will work to develop the infrastructure while focusing on maintaining the mosques and streets and developing the quality of education in his constituency.Hamad al-Kubaisi, elected from Constituency 18, told Qatar TV that he has plans to improve the quality of commercial activities and streets in his constituency. He said he will work to address various civic woes in his constituency.
The winners
Electoral district 1 - Jassim Najm Ali Ahmed al-Khulaifi
Electoral district 2 - Jassim Ali Jaber Boussioul al-Sorour
Electoral district 3 - Mohammed Rashid Khamis al-Samkhan al-Kubaisi
Electoral district 4 - Bader Sultan Saad Sultan al Rumaihi
Electoral district 5 - Mohammed Salem Mohammed al-Qamra al-Marri
Electoral district 6 - Abdullah Ghanem Hassan Sultan a-Ghanem
Electoral district 7 - Fahd Abdullah Abdul Rahman al-Mulla
Electoral district 8 - Waleed Mohammed Abdul Rahim Mohammed al-Emadi
Electoral district 9 - Hassan Ali Othman Mahmoud al-Ishaq
Electoral district 10 - Abdul Rahman Abdullah Muhammad Ali al-Khulaifi
Electoral district 11 - Mohammed Mana Ayed al-Abd Khawar
Electoral district 12 - Mohammed Ali Mohammed al-Homr al-Athba
Electoral district 13 - Abdullah Mohammed Mubarak al-Nabit
Electoral district 14 - Mohammed Hammoud Shafi al-Shafi
Electoral district 15 - Mubarak Freesh Mubarak Saleh al-Salem
Electoral district 16 - Mohammed Saleh Rashid al-Khayareen al-Hajri
Electoral district 17 - Abdullah Khaled Qasim al Yahri al-Yafei
Electoral district 18 - Hamad Khaled Khalifa al-Kubaisi
Electoral district 19 - Fahd Hamad Mohammed Husayn al-Baridi
Electoral district 20 - Saeed Ali Hamad al-Ghafrani al-Marri
Electoral district 21 - Nayef Ali Mohammed Maiqa al-Ahbabi
Electoral district 22 - Fahad Salem Dhaidan al-Quoz al-Marri
Electoral district 23 - Mohammed Zafer Mohammed al-Mufaqai al-Hajri
Electoral district 24 - Ali Kharbash Hamid Kharbash al-Mansouri
Electoral district 25 - Abdullah Muqalled Ali Ibrahim al-Muraikhi
Electoral district 26 - Hassan Lahdan Ali Abu Jamhour al-Mohannadi