The number of candidates in the final lists reached 59 candidates, after the withdrawal of six candidates for special reasons related to the candidates themselves.
The voting process for the selection of the council began on Tuesday morning, and will continue until Thursday evening. The head of the committee supervising the chamber's elections, Yahya Azzan, confirmed that there are no accurate statistics for the number of votes in the current period.
The head of the supervisory committee revealed that the number of votes for the chamber's elections has not yet been tallied. The head of the committee supervising the Riyadh Chamber elections, Yahya Azzan, revealed that Dawadmi Governorate had the largest number of voters compared to other governorates in the Riyadh region, indicating that the number of candidates reached 77 candidates, and decreased before the first stage to 65 until it settled on 59 candidates, pointing out that six candidates withdrew for special reasons related to the candidates themselves, either due to their busyness or their commitment to travel.
<Azzan said in a press interview that the elections require great effort and tireless work in the field, follow-up and seeking to attract votes. He predicted that the next three days of the elections will witness a large turnout of voters, denying at the same time the existence of complaints or violations of the candidates, stressing the uniqueness of the Riyadh Chamber elections in its 17th session by live transmission through the economic television channel.
Azzan said in a press interview that the elections need great effort and hard work in the field and follow-up and seek to attract votes.
In addition, the candidates have intensified their campaigns to introduce their plan and electoral program through the hashtags # Chamber of Commerce Elections, # Riyadh Chamber Elections, and # Riyadh Chamber on the social networking site «Twitter» to gain more votes, in addition to advertising and promoting themselves.
Riyadh Chamber of Commerce Elections.
