Bahrain

Population Statistics

1,346,613

Total Population

201,992

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

22 September 2011

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Law by Decree No. 14 for 2002: Exercising Political Rights (2002)

Updated: June 2015

Article 23 states:

…An illiterate voter, or a blind person or those with special needs can give their ballot verbally before the Chairman of the Committee and a member, who will tick the choice of the person and put the ballot in the box.

 

Excerpt from the Law by Decree No. 14 for 2002: Exercising Political Rights (2002)