1994 Omani general election

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

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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

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

Members

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Wilayah Member
Adam Mohammed bin Sultan bin Hamed al-Mahrooqi
Al Amarat Mohammed bin Hamoud bin Mohammed al-Wahaibi
Salim bin Said bin Salim al-Wahaibi
Al Awabi Abdalrahman bin Saif bin Hammad al-Kharousi
Al Buraimi Ahmed bin Rashid bin Homed al-Shamsi
Al Hamra Salim bin Mohammed bin Ahmed al-Abri
Al-Jabal al-Aswat Salim bin Ahmed bin Sabah Na'awm al-Kathiri
Al Jazir Ghareeb bin Sa'ad bin Musallam al-Junaidi
Al Kamil walWafi Khamis bin Halis bin Khadim al-Hashmi
Al-Mudhaibi Hilal bin Ali bin Soud al-Habsi
Mubarak bin Abdallah bin Hamid al-Rashdi
Al Qabil Abdallah bin Hamdoon bin Humaid al-Harthi
Al-Rustaq Khalil bin Saif bin Nasser al-Ghafri
Abdalwahed bin Suleiman bin Zahran al-Harasi
Bahla Mohammed bin Abdallah bin Said al-Adwi
Samah bin Suleiman bin Saif al-Shakaili
Barka Ali bin Hamoud bin Ali Al Bu Sa'id
Salim bin Hamel bin Khuwaidam al-Mashaifri
Bawshar Nasser bin Mansoor bin Saif al-Salti
Saif bin Suleiman bin Humaid al-Hasni
Bidbid Mohammed bin Hamed bin Zuhair al-Farsi
Bidiya Amer bin Mohammed bin Shamis al-Hajri
Bukha Ahmed bin Abdallah bin Mohammed al-Malik al-Shuhi
Dhalkout Ahmed bin Suhail bin Ajaham Hardan
Dhank Ali bin Said bin Khalifa al-Yahyai
Dibba Al-Baya Mohammed bin Ali Bu Rashid al-Shuhi
Dima wa Ta'een Saif bin Mohsin bin Hilal al-Ma'amari
Duqm Abdallah bin Mabkhout bin Ali al-Janaibi
Halaniyat Abdalaziz bin Salim bin Sa'id al-Naqash al-Mahri
Himah al-Abd bin al-Sharqi bin Aks al-Haroosi
Ibra Abdallah bin Hashel bin Rashid al-Maskeri
Ibri Hamed bin Mohammed bin Hamed al-Jasasi
Saif bin Ali bin Said al-Ghafri
Izki Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Gaith al-Darmaki
Jalan Bani Bu Ali Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Hamouda
Juma bin Hamed bin Salim al-Ghilani
Jalan Bani Bu Hasan Sa'id bin Mohammed bin Abdallah al-Suwa'i
Khabourah Abdallah bin Mohammed bin Said al-Sa'idi
Qais bin Zahran bin Saif al-Hosni
Khasab Juma bin Hamdan bin Hasan al-Malik al-Shuhi
Liwa Ahmed bin Khalfan bin Ahmed al-Ghufaili
Madha Ahmed bin Abdallah bin Khalfan al-Madhani
Maghshan Musallam bin Salim bin Sa'id al-Sha'ash'i
Mahdha Ahmed bin Obaid bin Juma al-Ka'abi
Mahoot Ali bin Suwaidan bin Suwfwid
Manah Zahran bin Said bin Nasser al-Hadrami
Masirah Mohammed bin Khamis bin Hilal al-Majali
Mirbat Khalid bin Ahmed bin Said al-Amri
Musana'ah Salim bin Mohammed bin Sa'id al-Mardoof al Sa'idi
Khalifa bin Salim bin Mohammed al-Nasri
Muscat Hamad bin Abdallah bin Nasser al-Riyami
Shakour bint Mohammed al-Ghamari
Muttrah Aflah bin Hamad bin Salim al-Ruwahi
Mahmoud bin Abdallah bin Mohammed al-Khanji
Nakhal Mohammed bin Nasser bin Suleiman al-Habaishi
Nizwa Al-Khattab bin Ahmed bin Soud al-Kindi
Nasser bin Rashid bin Marhoon al-Toobi
Qurayyat Mohammed bin Saif bin Mohammed al-Jandhami
Rakhyout Abdallah bin Mustahail bin Salim Shammas
Sa'dah Salim bin Khalfan bin Rashid al-Shukaili
Saham Saif bin Marhoon bin Ali al-Ma'amari
Ali bin Abdallah bin Ali al-Badi
Salalah Daris bin Khadim bin Fatah Bu Shaham
Seeb Hamoud bin Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Hinai
Taiba al-Mawali
Shinas Ali bin Mohammed bin Ali al-Ka'abi
Mohammed bin Abdallah bin Ahmed al-Khousaibi
Sohar Rashid bin Hamdan bin Ali al-Maqbali
Khalfan bin Salim bin Masoud
Suma'il Hilal bin Soud bin Nasser Abu Said
Mohammed bin Nasser bin Humaid al-Naddabi
Sur Mohammed bin Nasser bin Mohammed al-Araimi
Ali bin Musallam bin Juma al-Alawi
Suwayq Rashid bin Hamdan bin Saba'a al-Sa'idi
Mohammed bin Ali bin Nasser al-Kiyoumi
Taqah Ali bin Sahel bin Ali al-Hafeed
Thumrait Said bin Sa'ad bin Mohammed Ghawas
Wadi al-Ma'awal Saleh bin Soud bin Khalil al-Ma'awali
Wadi bin Khalid Hamoud bin Rashid bin Saif al-Sha'aibi
Yanqul Sa'id bin Amer bin Saif
Source: Allen & Rigsbee

References

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  1. ^ Lone woman elected to Oman council Al Arabiya News, 26 October 2015
  2. ^ a b c d 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