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General elections were held in Kuwait on 24 December 1938. [1]
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General elections were held in Kuwait on 24 December 1938. [1]
Unofficial elections had taken place in June 1938, electing 14 members of a council that Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah subsequently recognised as the Legislative Council in July. [2] However, tensions between the council and the sheikh and British political agent soon came to a head, with the sheikh unhappy about the council dismissing his chief secretary and the British unhappy with the council attempting to take control of revenue from oil. The sheikh dissolved the council on 21 December and called fresh elections. [2]
The council was expanded from 14 to 20 members, with the number of eligible voters was extended from 150 to 400. [2]
Thirteen of the fourteen members elected in June were re-elected, with only Youssef Marzouq Al-Marzouq not returning to the new council.
| Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youssef bin Issa Al-Qenaei | 333 | Re-elected | |
| Hamad Dawood Al-Marzouq | 333 | Re-elected | |
| Khaled Abdul Latif Al-Hamad | 270 | Re-elected | |
| Mishaan Khudair Mishaan Khudair | 265 | Re-elected | |
| Mohammed Shaheen Al-Ghanem | 258 | Re-elected | |
| Sultan Ibrahim Al-Kulaib | 254 | Re-elected | |
| Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Saqr | 252 | Re-elected | |
| Mishari Al-Hassan Al-Badr | 250 | Re-elected | |
| Abdul Latif Mohammed Thunayan Al-Ghanim | 248 | Re-elected | |
| Ali Al-Sayyid Suleiman Al-Rifai | 246 | Re-elected | |
| Ahmed Al-Khamis | 237 | Elected | |
| Youssef Saleh Al-Humaidhi | 233 | Re-elected | |
| Ali Al-Banwan | 209 | Elected | |
| Suleiman Khaled Al-Adsani | 205 | Re-elected | |
| Saleh Othman Al-Rashed | 204 | Re-elected | |
| Ali Abdul Wahab Al-Mutawa | 202 | Elected | |
| Mishari Hilal Al-Mutairi | 198 | Elected | |
| Mohammed Ahmed Al-Ghanem | 185 | Elected | |
| Nisaf Yusuf Al-Nisaf | 172 | Elected | |
| Youssef Abdul Wahab Al-Adsani | 169 | Elected | |
| Total | |||
| Source: Al Qabas | |||
Before its first sitting the sheikh presented council members with a new constitution that turned the council from an executive body to an advisory one, and allowed him to veto council decisions. [2] However, the council refused to approve it. [1] As a result, the sheikh dissolved the council on 7 March 1939 with the intention of replacing it with a fully appointed one. [2]
On 9 March Muhammad bin Munais made a public speech attacking the sheikh and handed out anti-government leaflets. His arrest the following day led to an altercation when former council member Youssef Al-Marzouq attempted to intervene. During the incident, Muhammad Al-Qitami, a supporter of the council, fired at the police, while Al-Marzouq took out his handgun. The police returned fire, wounding both Al-Marzouq and Al-Qitami, with Al-Qitami later dying of his wounds. [2] Munais was subsequently executed for treason. [2] On 11 March five former members of the council were arrested, [2] with a new jail having to be built to house the unprecedented number of prisoners. [3]
On 12 March the sheikh appointed 14 members to a new advisory council, which functioned until July 1940 but then ceased meeting. [2]
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