The polls did not turn out in favor of women in election for the Chamber of Commerce in Eastern Saudi Arabia, but history was made and a female presence was seen.

The polls for the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry were only the second time in Saudi history that women have run for elected office. Women and men are strictly segregated in the conservative kingdom, and women were not allowed to vote in the country’s first nationwide municipal polls last year.

via Khaleej Times.