General elections were held in Oman in 1994. They were the first elections in a Gulf Arab country in which women could both vote and stand as a candidate.[1]

Electoral system

Following the country's first national census in 1993, the electoral system was modified slightly from that used for the 1991 elections in which each wilayah was represented by one member in the Consultative Assembly. The 20 wilayahs with a population of over 30,000 were granted an extra representative, increasing the number of elected members from 59 to 80.[2]

Single seat wilayahs elected two candidates and two-seat wilayahs elected four, of which half were chosen by Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said and Sultan Qaboos to sit in the Consultative Assembly.[2]

Although women had been able to vote in the 1991 elections, they had not been able to stand as candidates. However, the 1994 elections saw women able to stand in seats in the Muscat Governorate.[2]

Results

Female candidates won two seats;[3] Shakour bint Mohammed al-Ghamari in Muscat and Taiba al-Mawali in Seeb.[2]

Members

Wilayah Member
AdamMohammed bin Sultan bin Hamed al-Mahrooqi
Al AmaratMohammed bin Hamoud bin Mohammed al-Wahaibi
Salim bin Said bin Salim al-Wahaibi
Al AwabiAbdalrahman bin Saif bin Hammad al-Kharousi
Al BuraimiAhmed bin Rashid bin Homed al-Shamsi
Al HamraSalim bin Mohammed bin Ahmed al-Abri
Al-Jabal al-AswatSalim bin Ahmed bin Sabah Na'awm al-Kathiri
Al JazirGhareeb bin Sa'ad bin Musallam al-Junaidi
Al Kamil walWafiKhamis bin Halis bin Khadim al-Hashmi
Al-MudhaibiHilal bin Ali bin Soud al-Habsi
Mubarak bin Abdallah bin Hamid al-Rashdi
Al QabilAbdallah bin Hamdoon bin Humaid al-Harthi
Al-RustaqKhalil bin Saif bin Nasser al-Ghafri
Abdalwahed bin Suleiman bin Zahran al-Harasi
BahlaMohammed bin Abdallah bin Said al-Adwi
Samah bin Suleiman bin Saif al-Shakaili
BarkaAli bin Hamoud bin Ali Al Bu Sa'id
Salim bin Hamel bin Khuwaidam al-Mashaifri
BawsharNasser bin Mansoor bin Saif al-Salti
Saif bin Suleiman bin Humaid al-Hasni
BidbidMohammed bin Hamed bin Zuhair al-Farsi
BidiyaAmer bin Mohammed bin Shamis al-Hajri
BukhaAhmed bin Abdallah bin Mohammed al-Malik al-Shuhi
DhalkoutAhmed bin Suhail bin Ajaham Hardan
DhankAli bin Said bin Khalifa al-Yahyai
Dibba Al-BayaMohammed bin Ali Bu Rashid al-Shuhi
Dima wa Ta'eenSaif bin Mohsin bin Hilal al-Ma'amari
DuqmAbdallah bin Mabkhout bin Ali al-Janaibi
HalaniyatAbdalaziz bin Salim bin Sa'id al-Naqash al-Mahri
Himahal-Abd bin al-Sharqi bin Aks al-Haroosi
IbraAbdallah bin Hashel bin Rashid al-Maskeri
IbriHamed bin Mohammed bin Hamed al-Jasasi
Saif bin Ali bin Said al-Ghafri
IzkiAbdullah bin Mohammed bin Gaith al-Darmaki
Jalan Bani Bu AliAbdullah bin Mohammed al-Hamouda
Juma bin Hamed bin Salim al-Ghilani
Jalan Bani Bu HasanSa'id bin Mohammed bin Abdallah al-Suwa'i
KhabourahAbdallah bin Mohammed bin Said al-Sa'idi
Qais bin Zahran bin Saif al-Hosni
KhasabJuma bin Hamdan bin Hasan al-Malik al-Shuhi
LiwaAhmed bin Khalfan bin Ahmed al-Ghufaili
MadhaAhmed bin Abdallah bin Khalfan al-Madhani
MaghshanMusallam bin Salim bin Sa'id al-Sha'ash'i
MahdhaAhmed bin Obaid bin Juma al-Ka'abi
MahootAli bin Suwaidan bin Suwfwid
ManahZahran bin Said bin Nasser al-Hadrami
MasirahMohammed bin Khamis bin Hilal al-Majali
MirbatKhalid bin Ahmed bin Said al-Amri
Musana'ahSalim bin Mohammed bin Sa'id al-Mardoof al Sa'idi
Khalifa bin Salim bin Mohammed al-Nasri
MuscatHamad bin Abdallah bin Nasser al-Riyami
Shakour bint Mohammed al-Ghamari
MuttrahAflah bin Hamad bin Salim al-Ruwahi
Mahmoud bin Abdallah bin Mohammed al-Khanji
NakhalMohammed bin Nasser bin Suleiman al-Habaishi
NizwaAl-Khattab bin Ahmed bin Soud al-Kindi
Nasser bin Rashid bin Marhoon al-Toobi
QurayyatMohammed bin Saif bin Mohammed al-Jandhami
RakhyoutAbdallah bin Mustahail bin Salim Shammas
Sa'dahSalim bin Khalfan bin Rashid al-Shukaili
SahamSaif bin Marhoon bin Ali al-Ma'amari
Ali bin Abdallah bin Ali al-Badi
SalalahDaris bin Khadim bin Fatah Bu Shaham
SeebHamoud bin Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Hinai
Taiba al-Mawali
ShinasAli bin Mohammed bin Ali al-Ka'abi
Mohammed bin Abdallah bin Ahmed al-Khousaibi
SoharRashid bin Hamdan bin Ali al-Maqbali
Khalfan bin Salim bin Masoud
Suma'ilHilal bin Soud bin Nasser Abu Said
Mohammed bin Nasser bin Humaid al-Naddabi
SurMohammed bin Nasser bin Mohammed al-Araimi
Ali bin Musallam bin Juma al-Alawi
SuwayqRashid bin Hamdan bin Saba'a al-Sa'idi
Mohammed bin Ali bin Nasser al-Kiyoumi
TaqahAli bin Sahel bin Ali al-Hafeed
ThumraitSaid bin Sa'ad bin Mohammed Ghawas
Wadi al-Ma'awalSaleh bin Soud bin Khalil al-Ma'awali
Wadi bin KhalidHamoud bin Rashid bin Saif al-Sha'aibi
YanqulSa'id bin Amer bin Saif
Source: Allen & Rigsbee

References

  1. ↑ Lone woman elected to Oman council Al Arabiya News, 26 October 2015
  2. 1 2 3 4 Calvin H Allen & W Lynn Rigsbee II (2014) Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996, Routledge, p56
  3. ↑ Sulaiman al-Farsi (2013) Democracy and Youth in the Middle East: Islam, Tribalism and the Rentier State in Oman, I.B.Tauris, p194


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