DOHA: Some 3,500 more people have registered in the voter list for the Central Municipal Council (CMC) election in May, taking the total to over 23,000.
The poll panel yesterday announced a tentative list of 23,047 voters for the election for the CMC’s fifth term.
Of these, 12,650 are men and the remaining (10,394) women, said the Supervisory Committee for the poll said.
The panel had initially announced a list of 19,396 late last month and said deletions and additions will be done for a week until February 5. After deletions and additions, 3,500 more voters figure on the list.
The committee said list for each constituency will be displayed in the constituency on Wednesday. The CMC has 29 constituencies.
Between February 11 and 17, voters whose names appear on the list and have any grievances can visit the poll office in their constituencies.
The panel will respond to grievances between February 18 and 26 and the final list will be announced on March 3, reports Qatar News Agency (QNA).
More voters who did not register in the first round came forward to enrol their names in the second round, mostly from the four largest constituencies — Al Murra (No. 13), Al Muaither (No. 12), Old Airport (No. 8) and Al Wakra (No. 20).
Total number of voters in Al Murra was 3,163; Al Muaither (2,702); Old Airport area (1,768) and Al Wakra (1,511) after the last round of registration.
In the first round, for instance, there were 1,153 voters in Al Wakra, 1,507 in Old Airport, 2,399 voters in Al Muaither and 2,787 in Al Murra.
The list so far is the second lowest in CMC’s 16-year history.
The lowest was for the maiden 1999 election (21,995 voters), though voter turnout was the highest recorded so far (79.7 percent). The largest registration (32,662) was for the 2011 election. The CMC has a four-year term.
For the forthcoming election, voters were required to register afresh after the 29 constituencies were re-demarcated to keep pace with demographic changes in several areas, mainly Doha.
Many Qatari families shifted from these areas to suburbs following demolitions in prime localities of Doha for development projects. The Peninsula
