1972 Bahraini Constituent Assembly election

Member State of the Arab League Constituent Assembly elections were held in Bahrain on 1 December 1972.

A total of 15,385 votes were cast (although not all constituencies were contested), giving a turnout of 88.5%.

[2] The constituent assembly was charged with drafting and ratifying a constitution, following Bahrain's independence from Britain in 1971.

[3] The law drawn up by the government restricted the electorate to male citizens aged twenty years or over.

[3] Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin was the youngest member elected at the age of 31.