Kuwait Election Results : Big Changes, All- Male New Parliament

  • 06/12/2020

Kuwait City : As per reports, the election for Kuwait's National Assembly resulted in an all-male parliament. As the new results were out, several previous MP lost their seats which hints a change in the direction. During the election process, the voter turnout was higher than expected despite the covid-19 pandemic. This is the first time that Kuwait has held parliamentary elections since 2016, excluding the 2019 by-elections that took place in only two districts.  Out of 342 candidates who participated in the election, there are several MP's who will be joining the legislative branch for the first time. In front of the election results, a 62% change, as 7 members of Parliament did not contest the last elections, while the next 24 elections from the House of Representatives 2016 failed. Kuwaiti women could not win in any of the five constituencies. 

                          For the second constituency, it recorded the success of 5 members of the former National Assembly namely Marzouq Al-Ghanim, Muhammad Al-Mutair, Khalil Al-Saleh, Badr Al-Mulla and Hamad Al-Harshani. While five new deputies succeeded and the rate of change reached 50% in the district and the voting rate in the second district reached 70.3%. In the third constituency, the percentage of change in it is 70% . Each of the deputies Dr Abdul Karim Al-Kandari, Youssef Al-Fadhala and Saadoun Hammad from the House of 2016 along with ne representatives for the first time entering the hall Abdullah Al-Salem.In the fourth constituency, 4 deputies from the 2016 Council won, while 6 new deputies entered the House after gaining the confidence of the constituency's voters. The percentage of change in the fifth district was 60%.The National Assembly 2020 election witnessed competition between 326 male and female candidates in various constituencies. While the total number of voters reached 567694 male and female voters, of whom 273940 were males and 293754 were females.      

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