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2021 Qatari general election
2 October 2021
	30 of the 45 seats in the Consultative Assembly
Turnout	~63.5%
Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud; Independent	Hassan bin Abdulla Al-Ghanim; Independent

General elections were held in Qatar for the first time on 2 October 2021, following an announcement by the Emir of Qatar on 22 August 2021.^[1] The elections for the Consultative Assembly were originally scheduled for the second half of 2013,^[2] but were postponed in June 2013 until at least 2016.^[3] In 2016 they were postponed again.^[4] Finally, in November 2020, Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani pledged to hold the election in October 2021.^[5]

Background

The elections were originally scheduled to be held in the last six months of 2013, but were postponed prior to the retiring Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani transferring power to his son Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.^[6] The Consultative Assembly's term was extended until 2016^[7] and then until 2019.^[4]

In October 2019 Al Thani issued an order for a committee to be formed to organise the elections, chaired by Prime Minister Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani.^[8]

Electoral system

Men and women aged over 18 are eligible to vote for 30 of the 45 seats in the Consultative Assembly according to the constitution,^[9]^[10] with the remainder appointed by the Emir.^[11]

On 29 July 2021, Al Thani approved the electoral law, which mandated the thirty members being elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.^[12] The law requires candidates to be at least thirty years old and 'of Qatari origin' (as defined by the 2005 nationality law).^[11] This limited voting to those descended from people who held citizenship in 1930,^[13] barring people who had been naturalised and members of the Al Murrah tribe from contesting the election and leading to protests.^[11]

Campaign

A total of 284 candidates contested the 30 seats, with 29 women running.^[13] Political parties are banned and all candidates ran as independents.^[14]

Preliminary results

No women were elected.^[15] Voter turnout was 63.5%.^[16] According to Human Rights Watch, thousands of Qataris were excluded from voting.^[17]

Constituency	Elected member
1. Fereej Al Khulaifat	Abdulrahman Yousef Abdelrahman Al Khulaifi
2. Fereej Al Hitmi	Ahmed Hitmi Ahmed Al Hitmi
3. Fereej Al Salata	Abdullah Ali Jumaa Al Sulaiti
4. Al Mirqab	Issa Ahmed Issa Nasr Al Nasr
5. Old Al Ghanim	Hassan bin Abdulla Al-Ghanim
6. Mushayrib	Khalid Ghanim Nasser Al Ali Al Maadeed
7. Al Jasrah	Khalid Ahmed Nasser Ahmed Al Obaidan
8. Al Bidda	Nasser Salmin Khalid Al Suwaidi
9. Barahat Al Jufairi	Hamad Abdullah Abdulrahman Ali Al Mulla
10. Dawhah al Jadidah	Khalid Abbas Ali Kamal Al Emadi
11. Rawdat Al Khail	Nasser Mohsin Mohammed Bukshaisha
12. Al Rumeilah	Issa Arar Issa Ali Al Rumeihi
13. Fareej Al Najada	Mohammed Yousef Abdulrahman Al Manaa
14. South Al Wakrah	Mohammed Muftah Abdulrahman Al Muftah
15. North Al Wakrah	Yousef Ali Yousef Al Khater
16. Al Sailiya	Ali Futais Al Merri
17. Old Rayyan	Mohammed Bati Salem Khalifa Al Abdullah
18. Al Kharaitiyat	Ali Shbaib Nasser Al Attiyah
19. Al Daayen	Nasser Metref Essa Al Metref Al Humaidi
20. Al Khor Thakhira	Ahmad bin Hamad Al Muhannadi
21. Al Mashrab	Mohammed Eid Saad Al Hassan Al Kaabi
22. Al Ghariyah	Mubarak Mohammed Matar Al Matar Al Kuwari
23. Ar-Ruʼays	Yousef Ahmed Ali Al Sada
24. Abu Dhalouf	Mohammed Omar Ahmad Al Salem Al Mannai
25. Al Jumail	Nasser Hassan Al Nfeihi Al Kubaisi
26. Al Kuwariya	Nasser Mohammed Nasser Al Jufaili Al Nuaimi
27. Al Nasraniya and Al Khurayb	Sultan Hassan Mubarak Al Dabet Al Dosari
28. Dukhan	Mubarak Saif Hamdan Maasad Al Mansouri
29. Al Kharsaah, Ummahat Sawi and Al Owaina	Ali Saeed Rashed Al Khayareen
30. Rawdat Rashed	Salem Rashed Salem Rashed Al Muraikhi
Source: Doha News, Gulf Times