DAMMAM: The Eastern Province (EP) topped in the number of females enrolled in the Dec. 12 municipal elections with 20.1 percent, followed by Riyadh (14.8 percent) and Northern Region (9.1 percent).
An official report titled “The municipal elections system project” has revealed that 22 percent of females will participate in the elections across the Kingdom, as against 78 percent males.
The elections are historic considering that women are participating, as voters as well as candidates, for the first time in Saudi Arabia.
Women voters in Hail comprise 8.7 percent, Al-Jouf 6.8 percent, Qassim 6.3 percent, Madinah 5.5 percent and Jazan 5.2 percent. Their number is estimated at 5.1 percent in Tabuk, 4.9 percent in Al-Ahsa, 3.3 percent in Jeddah, 3.1 percent in Najran, 2.6 percent in Asir, followed by Makkah with 1.9 percent, Taif 1.7 percent and Al-Baha 0.9 percent.
The report showed that Riyadh ranked first in the total number of male and female registered voters with 100,937 voters, and the EP second with 75,874 voters. Hail came in third with 40,085 voters, followed by Madinah (45.589), Qassim (43,760), Asir (31,208) and Northern Region (28,610).
According to the report, Hafr Al-Batin province came in the eighth place with 27,780 voters, followed by Jazan region (27,300), Tabuk (25,174) and Jeddah (23,997). Besides, the number of male and female voters in Al-Jouf is 23,852, Najran 22,270, Taif 21,395 and Al-Ahsa 12,407.
The report said that the total number of male and female registered voters during the third phase of elections is 552,239, with an additional 791,441 enrolled in the first phase and 405,763 in the second phase.
