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2011 Saudi Arabian municipal elections

2011 Saudi Arabian municipal elections

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1,056 seats in 285 municipalities

Municipal elections in Saudi Arabian towns and cities, initially planned for 31 October 2009,[1] were held on 29 September 2011[2] (a week after the initial date of 22 September 2011).[3] Women were not allowed to participate in the elections.[1][4][5] Women campaigned for the right to participate in the official elections[6] and planned to create parallel municipal councils.[7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Star_KSA_municip_2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Saudi Arabia: Ban on Saudi women leads to election boycott | Spero News". Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
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  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference bloom_women was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference arabiya_womenoutraged was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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