Constituency Five | |
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Multi-member constituency for the National Assembly of Kuwait | |
Electorate | 257,913 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2008 |
Seats | 10 |
The fifth constituency of Kuwait is a legislative constituency in Kuwait. Like the other four constituencies in Kuwait, it elects exactly 10 members to the National Assembly via plurality vote. As of 2022, it currently represents thirty-one residential areas and has an electorate of 257,913 (the largest). [1] The fifth constituency includes the Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorates. [2]
Member State of the Arab League |
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Constitution |
Kuwaitportal |
English | Arabic | Population (2011) | Notes/Landmarks |
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Abu Al Hasaniya | أبو الحصانية | 1,682 | |
Abu Ftaira | أبو فطيرة | 57 | |
Al-Adan | العدان | 48,095 | |
Al Qurain | القرين | 33,616 | |
Al-Qusour | القصور | 38,606 | |
Al-Fnaitees | الفنيطيس | 578 | |
Messila | المسيلة | 1,022 | |
Al-Masayel | المسايل | ||
Mubarak Al-Kabeer | مبارك الكبير | 48,196 | Governorate seat. |
Sabah Al-Salem | صباح السالم | 83,437 | |
Subhan Industrial | صبحان | 2,903 | |
Wista | وسطي | 570 | |
West Abu Ftaira Herafiya | غرب ابو فطيرة حرفية | ||
Abu Halifa | أبو حليفة | 29,870 | |
Mina Abdulla | ميناء عبد الله | 24,415 | |
Ahmadi | الأحمدي | 21,469 | Governorate seat. |
Ali Sabah Al-Salem | علي صباح السالم | 42,173 | |
Egaila | العقيلة | 13,579 | |
Bar Al-Ahmadi | بر الأحمدي | 723 | Desert area of Al Ahmadi. |
Bnaider | بنيدر | ||
Dhaher | الظهر | 33,197 | |
Fahaheel | الفحيحيل | 54,157 | |
Fahad Al-Ahmad | فهد الأحمد | 17,096 | |
Hadiya | هدية | 17,990 | |
Jaber Al-Ali | جابر العلي | 38,868 | |
Al-Julaia'a | الجليعة | ||
Khairan | الخيران | 1,895 | |
Mahboula | المهبولة | 77,988 | |
Mangaf | المنقف | 73,378 | |
Magwa | المقوع | 32 | |
Wafra Residential | وفرة السكنية | 2,488 | |
Al-Nuwaiseeb | النويصيب | 537 | |
Riqqa | الرقة | 36,058 | |
Sabah Al Ahmad | صباح الاحمد | ||
Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City | مدينة صباح الأحمد البحرية | ||
Sabahiya | الصباحية | 56,640 | |
Shuaiba Industrial | الشعيبة | 26 | |
South Sabahiya | جنوب الصباحية | 73 | |
Wafra | الوفرة | 7,856 | |
Zoor | الزور | 2,230 | |
Fintas | الفنطاس | ||
Al Shadadiya Industrial | الشدادية الصناعية | ||
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