القواعد المنظمة للدعاية الانتخابية في التشريع البحريني و المقارن

الملخص EN

The electoral process is one of the means of exchanging authority and managing public affairs in the state, as it is an embodiment of democracy in any society, given that it reflects the will of the voters to choose their repre¬sentatives based on the principle of the people, the source of authority.

Given this importance, the state has an obligation to ensure and protect the electoral process by setting up legislation and rules regulating it.

So that this framework includes all the foundations that establish the principles of in¬tegrity, transparency and impartiality in them, and which confirms its cred¬ibility before voters and public opinion.

This study came with the aim of shedding light on the rules regulating electoral propaganda and electoral silence in the Kingdom of Bahrain and comparing them with their counterparts in Egypt, Jordan and Kuwait.

Before polling day, as well as studying the time frame and financial controls regulat¬ing election campaigns.

At the conclusion of this study, the researcher concluded with a number of recommendations that they look forward for the Bahraini legislator to adopt, and reconsider some legal texts, in order to develop the current elec¬toral legislation.

Which in turn will enhance the principle of integrity and im¬partiality of the state authorities towards the voters and their confidence towards the electoral process itself.