The Ministry of Interior released Sunday the final lists of candidates in the elections of the 7th Central Municipal Council (CMC), announcing 110 candidates including 4 women.
The candidates compete in 29 constituencies for 29 seats - the total number of seats in the Central Municipal Council.
Constituency "11-Abu Hamour" topped the electoral districts in terms of the number of candidates with 11 candidates, while constituency (27-Al Kaaban) came in the least with only one candidate.
The electoral campaign is to kick off later today, according to the timetable for the CMC elections scheduled for June 22.
The timetable of the CMC's elections specifies the launch of elections campaign starting from the day of announcing the final timetables of candidates on June 11 and will last until the stage of election silence that precedes the polling day.
In a statement earlier Sunday, the Ministry of Interior called on all candidates for the Municipal Council elections to submit a license request for electoral campaigning through the form prepared for this purpose in the Ministry's building.
The statement included information of the electoral campaign licensing procedures, as well as withdrawal of candidacy and authorization.
Source: Qatar News Agency