| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 62.10% ( 2.83pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
Member State of the Arab League |
---|
Constitution |
Kuwaitportal |
Snap general elections were held in Kuwait on 4 April 2024 to elect 50 of the 65 members of the National Assembly. [1] [2] The election came after the dissolution of the National Assembly elected in 2023 on 15 February 2024 due to an MP allegedly insulting Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad. [3] The elections were the first to be held during Mishal Al-Ahmad's reign and the fourth election held within four years.
The 50 elected members of the National Assembly were elected from five ten-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote. [4] Political parties are not officially licensed meaning candidates formally run as independents, although many political groups operate freely as de facto political parties. [5] All Kuwaiti citizens above the age of 21 have the right to vote.
Since 2006 Kuwait has been divided into five multi-member constituencies for the election of members to the unicameral National Assembly. [6] These five electoral districts represent 112 residential areas distributed among the six governorates of Kuwait. Regardless of the amount of electorates, all constituencies directly elects 10 representatives to the National Assembly, for a total of 50 elected members out of 65.
Constituency | 2024 Electorate [7] | Seats |
---|---|---|
First | 104,038 | 10 |
Second | 95,302 | 10 |
Third | 143,693 | 10 |
Fourth | 220,932 | 10 |
Fifth | 270,768 | 10 |
Any Kuwaiti-born citizen who is 30 years of age on election day, who is able to read and write in Arabic and has not been convicted of a felony or a crime involving breach of honor or trust is eligible to run for office. On 22 June 2016 parliament passed a law banning any citizen who had insulted the emir from running, [8] resulting in several major opposition figures including Musallam Al-Barrak becoming ineligible candidates. All registered candidates need to pay a registration fee of fifty Kuwaiti dinars (about US$162.50).
Registration of candidates took place between 4 and 13 March 2024. A total of 255 candidates registered to contest the elections. [9]
Fourteen women registered to run in the 2023 election, the lowest since the 2016 election. The only female MP during the 17th session, Jenan Boushehri, re-ran for office. Eight female candidates ran in the Third Constituency, two candidates ran in the Second and Fourth constituencies, and only one ran in the First and Fifth.
Two Kuwait Democratic Forum-affiliated members are running in the current election. Mohammed Jawhar Hayat in the first constituency and Saud Al-Babtain in the second constituency. [10]
The Popular Action Bloc led by former MP Musallam Al-Barrak announced three candidates for this election. Basel Al-Bahrani in the first constituency, Mutib Al-Rathaan of the fourth constituency and Mohammad Al-Dossari in the fourth constituency.
Hadas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, decided to field four candidates in four different constituencies. Mohammad Al-Matar replacing Osama Al-Shaheen in the first constituency. Hamad Almatar and Abdulaziz Al-Saqabi will rerun in the second and third constituencies respectively. Muaath Al-Duwaila, son of former MP Mubarak Al-Duwaila, will run in the fourth constituency. [11]
The Islamic Salafi Alliance have four candidates in this election. Three of these candidates were in the last session, Fahad Al-Masoud of the second constituency, Hamad Al-Obaid of the third, and Mubarak Al-Tasha of the fourth. Abdullah Al-Kandari will run in the fifth constituency for the Salafi Alliance. The salafist group, Thawabit Al-Umma, will have two candidates running in the elections. Current MP Mohammed Hayef al-Mutairi and the recently exonerated Bader Al-Dahoum. [12]
The Justice and Peace Alliance, affiliated with the Shirazi Shiite school, registered two candidates Saleh Ashour in the first constituency and Khalil Al-Saleh in the second constituency. Taalof, a group that broke off from the National Islamic Alliance,[ further explanation needed ] have registered three candidates including two who were in the last session. Their three candidates are Ahmed Lari of the first constituency, Abdullah Ghandfar of the third constituency and Hani Shams of the fifth constituency. [13]
The election was the second in Kuwait to be held during Ramadan. Polling opened at 12:00 and closed at midnight. Around 834,000 citizens were eligible to vote. Sheikh Mishal called for a high turnout, saying that those who boycott the election were relinquishing their constitutional right. [14]
Results showed that opposition politicians maintained their majority in the National Assembly, retaining the 29 seats (out of 50) that it had won in the last election. One female candidate was elected, the same as in the previous election, while Shia MPs won eight seats, an increase of one. The Islamic Constitutional Movement, a local branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, saw its seats decrease from three to one. Eleven MPs lost their bids for reelection. Analysts said that the election result would mean a continuation of the political dispute between Sheikh Mishal and parliament, which during its upcoming term, is expected to rule on the nomination of a crown prince. [15]
The Kuwaiti Information Ministry said that turnout in the election was at 62%. [15]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Islamic Salafi Alliance | 17,529 | 3.41 | 3 | 0 | |
Islamic Constitutional Movement | 17,267 | 3.36 | 1 | −2 | |
National Islamic Alliance (Taalof) | 16,320 | 3.18 | 2 | 0 | |
Popular Action Bloc | 15,886 | 3.09 | 2 | +1 | |
Thawabit Al-Umma | 15,577 | 3.03 | 2 | New | |
Kuwait Democratic Forum | 5,041 | 0.98 | 1 | New | |
Justice and Peace Alliance | 4,415 | 0.86 | 1 | +1 | |
Independents | 421,494 | 82.08 | 38 | −3 | |
Total | 513,529 | 100.00 | 50 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 513,529 | 99.07 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 4,836 | 0.93 | |||
Total votes | 518,365 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 834,733 | 62.10 | |||
Source: Al Qabas, Al Araby |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First constituency | |||||
Osama Zaid Al-Zaid | Independent | 4,936 | 7.99 | Re-elected | |
Abdullah Jassem Al-Mudhaf | Independent | 4,729 | 7.66 | Re-elected | |
Mohammed Johar Hayat | Kuwait Democratic Forum | 4,134 | 6.69 | Elected | |
Ahmed Lari | National Islamic Alliance (Taalof) | 4,108 | 6.65 | Re-elected | |
Essa Al-Kandari | Independent | 3,678 | 5.95 | Re-elected | |
Basel Hussein Al-Bahrani | Popular Action Bloc | 3,631 | 5.88 | Elected | |
Adel Jassim Al-Damkhi | Independent | 3,530 | 5.72 | Re-elected | |
Khaled Marzouq Al-Ameera | Independent | 3,502 | 5.67 | Re-elected | |
Saleh Ashour | Justice and Peace Alliance | 3,399 | 5.50 | Elected | |
Mohammed Barrak Al-Azmi | Independent | 3,249 | 5.26 | Elected | |
Hamad Al-Midlij | Independent | 3,095 | 5.01 | Unseated | |
Ali Hassan Jaafar | Independent | 2,637 | 4.27 | ||
Mohammed Al-Matar | Islamic Constitutional Movement | 2,355 | 3.81 | ||
Ali Hussein Ali Al-Mousa | Independent | 2,216 | 3.59 | ||
Ahmed Khalifa Rashid Mohammed Al-Shahoumi | Independent | 2,093 | 3.39 | ||
Ali Falah Al-Sabri | Independent | 1,935 | 3.13 | ||
Abdul Samad Mustafa Sayed Zahid | Independent | 1,525 | 2.47 | ||
Ali Abdul Rahman Al-Kandari | Independent | 1,460 | 2.36 | ||
Maitham Abdullah Abdul Redha Mohammed Awad | Independent | 1,412 | 2.29 | ||
Abdullah Mohammed Abdul Rahman Abdul Mohsen Al-Tariji | Independent | 1,369 | 2.22 | ||
Abdullah Marzouq Al-Rumi | Independent | 1,014 | 1.64 | ||
Abdullah Abdul Wahab Al Haraz | Independent | 821 | 1.33 | ||
Nasser Mohammed Al-Nasrallah | Independent | 443 | 0.72 | ||
Abdul Wahab Abdul Rahman Al Kandari | Independent | 256 | 0.41 | ||
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutairi | Independent | 46 | 0.07 | ||
Fatima Khaled Karam | Independent | 29 | 0.05 | ||
Issa Hajji Musa | Independent | 27 | 0.04 | ||
Mustafa Yacoub Youssef Behbehani | Independent | 23 | 0.04 | ||
Ibrahim Mohammed Al Balushi | Independent | 19 | 0.03 | ||
Abdullah Abdul Hussein Muzaffar | Independent | 17 | 0.03 | ||
Walid Ahmed Al-Qabandi | Independent | 16 | 0.03 | ||
Hamza Abbas Al-Erian | Independent | 16 | 0.03 | ||
Fakhri Hashem SayedFakhri Sayyed Rajab | Independent | 14 | 0.02 | ||
Ali Kazem bin Zaid | Independent | 11 | 0.02 | ||
Jirah Ali Nour | Independent | 6 | 0.01 | ||
Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al-Ajmi | Independent | 5 | 0.01 | ||
Abdul Rahman Khalawi Al-Shamali | Independent | 4 | 0.01 | ||
Mohammed Sanad Hanif | Independent | 3 | 0.00 | ||
Fahd Abdullah Muzeal | Independent | 2 | 0.00 | ||
Abdullah Ali Al-Khabaz | Independent | 1 | 0.00 | ||
Total | 61,766 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 104,038 | – | |||
Second constituency | |||||
Marzouq Al-Ghanim | Independent | 8,295 | 13.43 | Re-elected | |
Shuaib Shabaan | Independent | 6,325 | 10.24 | Re-elected | |
Abdulwahab Aref Al-Issa | Independent | 3,917 | 6.34 | Re-elected | |
Falah Dhahi Al-Hajri | Independent | 3,342 | 5.41 | Re-elected | |
Mohammed Al-Mutair | Independent | 3,246 | 5.26 | Re-elected | |
Bader Nashmi Al-Enazi | Independent | 3,238 | 5.24 | Re-elected | |
Nawaf Bhaish Al-Azmi | Independent | 3,064 | 4.96 | Elected | |
Abdullah Turki Al-Anbaie | Independent | 2,914 | 4.72 | Re-elected | |
Bader Al-Mulla | Independent | 2,758 | 4.47 | Re-elected | |
Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Masoud | Islamic Salafi Alliance | 2,708 | 4.39 | Re-elected | |
Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Al-Hamad | Independent | 2,666 | 4.32 | ||
Mansour Mazal Al Sarheed | Independent | 2,505 | 4.06 | ||
Hamad Almatar | Islamic Constitutional Movement | 2,490 | 4.03 | Unseated | |
Huwaidi Sahn Al-Hajri | Independent | 2,075 | 3.36 | ||
Hamed Mahri Alian Noman Al-Bathali | Independent | 1,907 | 3.09 | ||
Muthanna Ali Arboud Shannon Al-Rashed Al-Bathali | Independent | 1,375 | 2.23 | ||
Omar Al-Tabtabaee | Independent | 1,296 | 2.10 | ||
Thamer Khaled Farhan Radi Al-Enezi | Independent | 1,271 | 2.06 | ||
Hamad Hamoud Al-Shammari | Independent | 1,244 | 2.01 | ||
Khalil Al-Saleh | Justice and Peace Alliance | 1,016 | 1.65 | ||
Ali Al-Daqbaashi | Independent | 990 | 1.60 | ||
Saud Khaled Al-Babtain | Kuwait Democratic Forum | 907 | 1.47 | ||
Khaled Ayed Al-Anazi | Independent | 884 | 1.43 | ||
Youssef Abdul Razzaq Al-Fawzan | Independent | 492 | 0.80 | ||
Saad Khaled Khalaf Nasha Al-Fajji | Independent | 379 | 0.61 | ||
Fahd Samawi Al-Dhafairi | Independent | 186 | 0.30 | ||
Talal Ajeel Al-Shammari | Independent | 122 | 0.20 | ||
Abdul Wahab Anwar Al-Qattan | Independent | 26 | 0.04 | ||
Khaled Saad Al-Rashidi | Independent | 22 | 0.04 | ||
Shaima Nasser Al-Hajri | Independent | 16 | 0.03 | ||
Ahmed Mohammed Al-Ajmi | Independent | 15 | 0.02 | ||
Hazza Mutlaq | Independent | 12 | 0.02 | ||
Bashar Kazem Hassan Khalaf Ali | Independent | 12 | 0.02 | ||
Ali Adel Hussein | Independent | 11 | 0.02 | ||
Walid Khaled Shehab | Independent | 9 | 0.01 | ||
Mishal Saleh Al Marri | Independent | 9 | 0.01 | ||
Fahd Barjas Eid | Independent | 5 | 0.01 | ||
Abdullah Ali Abdulaziz | Independent | 4 | 0.01 | ||
Jaber Ali Al-Houli | Independent | 2 | 0.00 | ||
Total | 61,755 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 95,302 | – | |||
Third constituency | |||||
Abdulkarim Al-Kanderi | Independent | 9,428 | 11.18 | Re-elected | |
Abdulaziz Tareq Al-Saqabi | Islamic Constitutional Movement | 6,294 | 7.46 | Re-elected | |
Muhalhal Khaled Al-Mudhaf | Independent | 5,804 | 6.88 | Re-elected | |
Faris Saad Al-Otaibi | Independent | 5,737 | 6.80 | Re-elected | |
Ahmed Al-Sadoun | Independent | 5,250 | 6.22 | Re-elected | |
Jarrah Khaled Al-Fouzan | Independent | 5,238 | 6.21 | Re-elected | |
Muhannad Al-Sayer | Independent | 5,114 | 6.06 | Re-elected | |
Ahmed Nabil Al-Fadhel | Independent | 5,092 | 6.04 | Elected | |
Jenan Boushehri | Independent | 4,976 | 5.90 | Re-elected | |
Hamad Adel Al-Obeid | Islamic Salafi Alliance | 4,908 | 5.82 | Re-elected | |
Hamad Abdulrrahman Al-Olayan | Independent | 4,584 | 5.43 | Unseated | |
Abdulwahab Al-Babtain | Independent | 4,209 | 4.99 | ||
Ibrahim Mohammed Ghuloum Mohammed Dashti | Independent | 4,159 | 4.93 | ||
Sadoon Al-Otaibi | Independent | 4,153 | 4.92 | ||
Abdullah Mustafa Ghazanfar | National Islamic Alliance (Taalof) | 3,775 | 4.47 | ||
Madi Ibrahim Al-Khamis | Independent | 2,265 | 2.68 | ||
Khaled Juma Al-Yassin | Independent | 1,840 | 2.18 | ||
Mohammed Badr Mohammed Abdel Wahab Ibrahim Al-Joaan | Independent | 1,103 | 1.31 | ||
Khaled Ibrahim Mazal Hazza Al-Salal | Independent | 191 | 0.23 | ||
Jassim Mohammed Dashti | Independent | 60 | 0.07 | ||
Suhaila Abdulaziz Al-Salem | Independent | 54 | 0.06 | ||
Alaa Shakir Faras | Independent | 39 | 0.05 | ||
Zahraa Faisal Al-Shirazi | Independent | 15 | 0.02 | ||
Fatima Hashem Ali | Independent | 12 | 0.01 | ||
Khaled Khairallah Mishari | Independent | 11 | 0.01 | ||
Khalifa Khalil Ibrahim Al-Tamimi | Independent | 9 | 0.01 | ||
Noura Jassim Mohammed Darwish Al-Darwish | Independent | 8 | 0.01 | ||
Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al-Ajmi | Independent | 8 | 0.01 | ||
Abdullah Talal Abdullah Samir Faza Al-Hindal | Independent | 7 | 0.01 | ||
Maryam Mohsen Al-Mutairi | Independent | 6 | 0.01 | ||
Hoda Shaheen Al Hammadi | Independent | 5 | 0.01 | ||
Mohammed Salem Hamad Rashid Al Marri | Independent | 4 | 0.00 | ||
Total | 84,358 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 143,693 | – | |||
Fourth constituency | |||||
Shuaib Al-Muwaizri | Independent | 15,663 | 11.00 | Re-elected | |
Anwar Arrak Al-Dhaferi | Independent | 8,646 | 6.07 | Elected | |
Obaid Mohammed Al-Mutairi | Independent | 8,141 | 5.72 | Elected | |
Mohammad Awadh Al-Ruqaib | Independent | 7,970 | 5.60 | Re-elected | |
Mubarak Hammoud Al-Tasha | Islamic Salafi Alliance | 7,707 | 5.41 | Re-elected | |
Bader Sayyar Al-Shammari | Independent | 7,552 | 5.30 | Re-elected | |
Saad al-Khanfour al-Rasheedi | Independent | 7,188 | 5.05 | Re-elected | |
Fayez Ghanam Al-Jamhour | Independent | 7,120 | 5.00 | Re-elected | |
Mubarak Al-Hajraf | Independent | 6,925 | 4.86 | Re-elected | |
Mohammed Hayef al-Mutairi | Thawabit Al-Umma | 6,473 | 4.55 | Re-elected | |
Moaz Mubarak Fahd Ali Fahd Al-Duwailah | Islamic Constitutional Movement | 6,128 | 4.30 | ||
Abdullah Fahad Al-Enizi | Independent | 5,958 | 4.19 | Unseated | |
Musaid Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Al-Qarifa Al-Mutairi | Independent | 5,350 | 3.76 | ||
Thamer Saad Ghaith Ghanem Julaidan Al-Suwait Al-Dhafiri | Independent | 5,182 | 3.64 | ||
Miteb Ayed Al-Rathaan | Popular Action Bloc | 4,611 | 3.24 | ||
Askar Al-Enezi | Independent | 3,877 | 2.72 | ||
Fawaz Thamer Mutlaq Abdullah Sultan Al-Jada'i Al-Mutairi | Independent | 3,732 | 2.62 | ||
Mohammed Mubarak Humaidan Abdullah Al-Fajji | Independent | 3,520 | 2.47 | ||
Mohammed Saad Ruwaished Rashid Al-Harbi | Independent | 3,483 | 2.45 | ||
Khalifa Mohammed Khalifa Mufarrej Al Khalifa | Independent | 2,955 | 2.08 | ||
Youssef Mohammed Al-Bathali | Independent | 2,933 | 2.06 | ||
Abdullah Nasser Al-Tajal | Independent | 2,254 | 1.58 | ||
Fahid Fahd Al Rashidi | Independent | 1,774 | 1.25 | ||
Nawaf Dahwi Al-Mutairi | Independent | 1,737 | 1.22 | ||
Fawaz Munshar Awad Dakhil Al-Dhafiri | Independent | 1,480 | 1.04 | ||
Thamer Mutheeb Marzouq Sheri Al-Abdali | Independent | 1,257 | 0.88 | ||
Brikan Majidil Mukayd Sumian Sulaymani | Independent | 1,048 | 0.74 | ||
Eid Shaman Ayid Eid Al-Adhilah Al-Mutairi | Independent | 734 | 0.52 | ||
Hassan Mohsen Al-Azmi | Independent | 235 | 0.17 | ||
Mohammed Badah Badhan Mahdi Al-Sulaymani | Independent | 112 | 0.08 | ||
Ahmed Nassar Mutlaq Al-Shariaan | Independent | 79 | 0.06 | ||
Ibrahim Adel Kamal | Independent | 79 | 0.06 | ||
Hamad Youssef Al-Jadi | Independent | 67 | 0.05 | ||
Abdullah Ahmed Ashkanani | Independent | 52 | 0.04 | ||
Mohammed Shenifi Mutlaq Hamad Al Majidi | Independent | 51 | 0.04 | ||
Nawal Saleh Abalkhail | Independent | 39 | 0.03 | ||
Fahima Nashmi Zamil Eiadat Al-Rashidi | Independent | 33 | 0.02 | ||
Faisal Abdel Reda Karam | Independent | 30 | 0.02 | ||
Bader Nasser Turki Mohammed Al-Mujawb | Independent | 29 | 0.02 | ||
Hussein Abdel Latif Al-Serafi | Independent | 23 | 0.02 | ||
Abdullah Salem Al-Shammari | Independent | 22 | 0.02 | ||
Yacoub Mohammed Johar | Independent | 21 | 0.01 | ||
Fawaz Eid Al-Habbala | Independent | 19 | 0.01 | ||
Bakr Badi Saleh Freej Al-Rashidi | Independent | 17 | 0.01 | ||
Mohammed Falah Al-Sulaili | Independent | 16 | 0.01 | ||
Sultan Mutani Abdullah Shafaka Ghazi Al-Shammari | Independent | 16 | 0.01 | ||
Mutlaq Eid Awad Majid Al-Anazi | Independent | 13 | 0.01 | ||
Abdul Rahman Abdul Hadi Al Hajri | Independent | 8 | 0.01 | ||
Total | 142,359 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 220,932 | – | |||
Fifth constituency | |||||
Fahad Falah Al-Azmi | Independent | 16,469 | 10.09 | Re-elected | |
Hamdan Al-Azmi | Independent | 14,211 | 8.70 | Re-elected | |
Mutib Nasser Al-Sahali | Independent | 11,055 | 6.77 | Elected | |
Saud Al-Asfoor | Independent | 10,643 | 6.52 | Re-elected | |
Bader Al-Dahoum | Thawabit Al-Umma | 9,104 | 5.58 | Elected | |
Majed Mussaed Al-Mutairi | Independent | 8,807 | 5.39 | Re-elected | |
Abdullhadi Nasser Al-Ajmi | Independent | 8,521 | 5.22 | Re-elected | |
Hani Hussein Shams | National Islamic Alliance (Taalof) | 8,437 | 5.17 | Re-elected | |
Mohammed Musaed Al-Dawsari | Popular Action Bloc | 7,644 | 4.68 | Elected | |
Khaled Mohammad Al-Otaibi | Independent | 7,343 | 4.50 | Re-elected | |
Mohammed Al-Huwaila | Independent | 6,953 | 4.26 | Unseated | |
Mohammed Hussain Al-Ajmi | Independent | 6,360 | 3.89 | Unseated | |
Ayed Abu Khoussa | Independent | 5,505 | 3.37 | ||
Khaled Saree Saad Hadram Al Hajri | Independent | 5,504 | 3.37 | ||
Faisal Mohammed Ahmed Hassan Al-Kandari | Independent | 5,080 | 3.11 | ||
Abdullah Al-Barghash | Independent | 4,547 | 2.78 | ||
Fahd Amer Hamad Azeb Al-Ajmi | Independent | 4,456 | 2.73 | ||
Khaled Shakhir Ngheimesh Sharaan Al-Mutairi | Independent | 2,720 | 1.67 | ||
Khaled Abdullah Farraj Neef Al-Mutairi | Independent | 2,634 | 1.61 | ||
Jaber Khaled Al-Subaie | Independent | 2,478 | 1.52 | ||
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Kandari | Islamic Salafi Alliance | 2,206 | 1.35 | ||
Abdullah Ali Al-Sanad | Independent | 2,080 | 1.27 | ||
Ahmed Mohammed Mutlaq Hamoud Al-Otaibi | Independent | 1,720 | 1.05 | ||
Saud Patel Al-Ajmi | Independent | 1,609 | 0.99 | ||
Abdul Mohsen Ali Akbar | Independent | 1,375 | 0.84 | ||
Ayed Abdul Hadi Al-Ajmi | Independent | 1,289 | 0.79 | ||
Mubarak Fahd Al Hajri | Independent | 1,101 | 0.67 | ||
Saleh Nasser Al-Hajri | Independent | 1,087 | 0.67 | ||
Badi Hasyan Mohammed Al-Watayeb Al-Dosari | Independent | 936 | 0.57 | ||
Ghanem Abdullah Al-Hujailan | Independent | 565 | 0.35 | ||
Talal Mohammed Al-Azmi | Independent | 296 | 0.18 | ||
Sabah Adnan Ali | Independent | 179 | 0.11 | ||
Hamdan Ibrahim Al-Hamdan | Independent | 165 | 0.10 | ||
Hassan Mahmoud Ashkanani | Independent | 46 | 0.03 | ||
Ahmed Kamal Al-Din Al-Sulaimi | Independent | 39 | 0.02 | ||
Abeer Abdul Rahman Ali Abdullah Al Otaibi | Independent | 33 | 0.02 | ||
Yacoub Abdullah Al-Rifai | Independent | 27 | 0.02 | ||
Fawzi Saqr Fahd Al-Saqr | Independent | 25 | 0.02 | ||
Bader Fadel Karam | Independent | 22 | 0.01 | ||
Mohammed Abdul Amir Hussein | Independent | 20 | 0.01 | ||
Total | 163,291 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 270,768 | – | |||
Source: Al Qabas, Al Araby |
Sheikh Mishal expressed thanks to agencies and officials who were involved in organizing the election. [16] He and Prime Minister Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah also expressed his congratulations to the winners in the election. [17] [18]
Adel Al Asoomi, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament, congratulated Sheikh Mishal and the Kuwaiti government for the conduct and result of the election. [19]
On 10 May Sheikh Mishal disbanded the parliament for the second time in 2024, also announcing he was suspending some articles of the constitution for up to four years and that he and members of the cabinet would be taking over the powers of the National Assembly. [20]
The National Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Kuwait. The National Assembly met in Kuwait City. The National Assembly is made up of 50 elected members and 16 directly appointed government ministers.
Marzouq Ali Mohammed Al-Ghanim is a former speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the second district. Al-Ghanim earned a BSc in mechanical engineering from Seattle University and worked for Boubyan Petrochemical Company before being elected to the National Assembly in 2006. He is the son of Ali al-Ghanim and Faiza al-Kharafi. He was elected Speaker in 2013.
Musallam Al-Barrak is a Kuwaiti politician. He was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly representing the fourth district.
Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 2 February 2012, the country's second general election in a three-year period. The election's turnout rate was 59%. However, in June 2012 the Constitutional Court declared the elections invalid and reinstated the former parliament. The court said the dissolution of Parliament in December 2011 by Emir Sabah Al-Sabah was unconstitutional. In response, opposition MPs resigned from parliament and demanded a full parliamentary system.
Nabil Al Fadl was a Kuwaiti politician who was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly and a columnist with the Al-Watan newspaper.
General elections were held in Kuwait on 5 December 2020. Two-thirds of the incumbents lost their seats, including the 2016 parliament's sole woman MP Safa Al Hashem.
Abdulwahab Mohammad Al-Babtain is a Kuwaiti politician, who is a former member of the Kuwait Parliament. In the Kuwaiti General Election of 2016, which was his first time running for office, he secured the first seat in the third constituency with 3,730 votes. Al-Babtain served on several parliamentary committees, including the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee and the Public Money Protection Committee.
Omar Abdulmuhsin Al-Tabtabaee is a politician, who was an elected Member of Parliament of the Kuwait Parliament. As the Kuwaiti General Election 2016 was his first stand for elections, he won the tenth chair in the second constituency by 1,755 votes.
Rakan Yousif Humoud Al-Nisf is a politician, who is an elected Member of Parliament of the Kuwait Parliament. Al-Nisf was first elected in the Kuwaiti General Election 2013, he won the third chair in the second constituency by 2,527 votes. Al-Nisf was also elected in the Kuwaiti General Election 2016 and he won the eighth chair in the second constituency by 1,888 votes.
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is Emir of Kuwait, reigning since 2023. Mishal spent most of his career in Kuwait's security and intelligence apparatus. Prior to becoming Emir at age 83, he was the oldest crown prince in the world.
General elections were held in Kuwait on 29 September 2022 following the dissolution of parliament by Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. However, the results were annulled by the Constitutional Court on 19 March 2023 after judges ruled that the previous parliament had not been dissolved properly.
Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is a Kuwaiti politician and military officer who served as the Prime Minister of Kuwait from 24 July 2022 until his resignation on 20 December 2023. He is the eldest son of the late Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the former Emir of Kuwait.
Events in the year 2023 in Kuwait.
Snap general elections were held in Kuwait on 6 June 2023 to elect 50 of the 65 members of the National Assembly. The elections took place following the annulment of the results of the 2022 snap elections by the Constitutional Court on 19 March 2023 and the redissolution of the 16th session on 2 May.
The 2023 Kuwaiti National Assembly was the 17th legislative session of the National Assembly. Members were elected on 6 June 2023. The session started on 20 June 2023. The session was dissolved on 15 February 2024 due to Abdulkarim Al-Kanderi allegedly insulting Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad.
Shuaib Shabab Al-Muwaizri Al-Rashidi is a Kuwaiti politician who has served in the National Assembly since 2016. He served a previous term from 2009 until 2012. Al-Muwaziri is the former Minister of Housing and National Assembly Affairs.
Saud Abdulaziz Saud Al-Asfoor Al-Hajri is a journalist and engineer that has served in the National Assembly since 2023. He also served in the annulled 2022 Assembly. He is also the owner of Sabr e-Newspaper.
Essa Ahmad Al-Kandari is a Kuwaiti politician who has served in the National Assembly since 2023. He is also the current Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of National Assembly & Cabinet Affairs serving since 2013. Al-Kandari is the former deputy speaker of the 2016 National Assembly. He was the former Minister of Communications, Municipality, Housing, Social Affairs & Awqaf.
The Kuwaiti political gridlock, which extended from 2020 to May 2024, was marked by a persistent standoff between the appointed cabinet and the elected parliament in Kuwait. This crisis was set against a backdrop of successive internal succession crises within the ruling Al Sabah family, beginning with the death of Emir Sabah Al Ahmad in 2020. Leadership transitioned to his half-brother Nawaf, who died in 2023, subsequently elevating Mishal Al Sabah to the role of emir. Before June 1, 2024, Mishal, the last surviving member of his generation and a son of Ahmad Al Jaber Al-Sabah, had not appointed a successor.
The 2024 Kuwaiti National Assembly is the 18th legislative session of the National Assembly. Members were elected on April 4, 2024, and the first session was held on April 17, 2024. On May 10, 2024, Emir Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah dissolved the parliament and suspended certain articles of the Kuwaiti constitution for an indefinite period not exceeding four years.