Kuwaitis go to the polls to elect new National Assembly

Women in Kuwait hope to regain some seats in the parliament, after the sole female legislator in the assembly lost her seat in 2020. (AFP)

Kuwaiti voters heading to the polling stations to cast their ballot for the National Assembly elections. (KUNA)

• Almost 796,000 people were eligible to vote for the 50 members of the country’s parliament

KUWAIT: The people of Kuwait went to the polls on Thursday for the second time in two years. They were choosing the 50 members of the National Assembly, the country’s parliament, from a field of 305 candidates, the Kuwait News Agency reported.

Voting began at 8:00 a.m. and continued for 12 hours in all five of Kuwait’s parliamentary constituencies. A total of 795,911 Kuwaitis were eligible to vote and the results were expected to be announced on Friday.

The winners are elected to serve a four-year term. However the previous government was dissolved in June last year, just six months into its term.