Tashan is situated ' constituency one ' in the Northern Governorate administrative region . The constituency is also the largest constituency in the country , with more than 17,000 voters . In the 2010 Bahraini parliamentary elections , the constituency 's seat in parliament was won by Matar Matar from Al Wefaq National Islamic Society , after obtaining a landslide victory of 85.7 % . The seat was vacated after Matar resigned as part of an en-masse resignation by 18 Al Wefaq MPs during the Arab Spring uprising in February 2011 , in protest of an earlier crackdown on protesters . By-elections were held for the seats were held on 24 September later that year , with independent Ali Hassan Ali winning constituency one 's seat . The village was hit economically by the unrest , with traders reporting in March 2011 that there was a low turnout of customers
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Tashan, Bahrain