Qatar’s ruler says his nation will vote on abandoning legislative elections after just one poll Qatar’s ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, addresses the 79th session of the U.N ...

In this image released by the state-run Qatar News Agency, a Qatari votes in a snap poll to decide whether to end its limited voting for legislative seats in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Qatar held its first ever elections in 2021 to choose two-thirds of the members of the advisory Shura Council. ... Qatar's first legislative election was approved in a 2003 constitutional ...

DOHA, Qatar — Qatar wraps up its first legislative election with reports of a solid turnout, even though the vote is not expected to shift power away from the emir.

After almost two decades of delays, Qatar holds its first ever legislative elections Saturday, giving people a modest say in how they’re governed as it prepares for intensifying global scrutiny ...

Qatar wraps up legislative polls, no women candidates elected. Female candidates disappointed in polls where turnout for the election of 30 members of the 45-seat Shura Council was at 63.5 percent.

Qatar moved a step closer to holding legislative elections Wednesday after delaying them repeatedly for over a decade. The country’s ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, issued a decision ...

Qatar's first legislative polls for two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council will be held on Oct. 2, according to a decree issued by the ruling emir on Sunday and published by his office.

Qatar's emir approved laws on Thursday for the Gulf Arab state's first legislative election in October, when Qataris will elect two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council, his office said.

Qatar holds first legislative elections The huge number of foreign workers in Qatar means nationals make up only 10% of the population of 2.8 million, and even then not all Qataris are eligible to ...