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2022 Kuwaiti general election
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50 of the 65 seats in the
National Assembly
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| Turnout
| 63.30% (
 6.32pp)
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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
.
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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.
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Background
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On 22 June Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah announced the dissolution of Parliament.
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On 28 August, the Kuwaiti Cabinet approved the decree calling for elections on 29 September.
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Electoral system
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The 50 elected members of the
National Assembly
are elected from five 10-seat constituencies by
single non-transferable vote
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Political parties are not officially licensed, therefore candidates run as individuals, although many political groups operate freely as de facto political parties.
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All Kuwaiti citizens (both male and female) above the age of 21 have the right to vote.
Candidates
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Registration of candidates contesting the 50 seats took place between 29 August and 7 September 2022.
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118 schools were used for the 2022 National Assembly elections on 29 September.
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A total of 305 candidates, including 22 women, were registered.
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While the previous elections in 2020 were affected by anti-coronavirus measures, this time candidates were able to open electoral offices and hold live hustings. Security services stepped up their monitoring of vote buying.
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Results
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Turnout was 63.30 % with 503,811 voters for a total of 795,911 registered voters.
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Opposition politicians were reported to have made significant gains.
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Islamists, including many affiliated with the
Muslim Brotherhood
, established themselves in parliament, while Shi’ites displaced palace-aligned Sunni candidates. Many reformist candidates, including two women, also won seats.
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Elected members
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| Constituency
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Candidate
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Votes
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| First
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Abdullah Jassem Al-Mudhaf
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6,375
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| Hassan Abdullah Johar
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6,332
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| Osama Zaid Al-Zaid
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5,764
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| Ahmed Haji Larry
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4,104
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| Essa Ahmad Al-Kandari
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3,683
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| Adel Jassim Al-Damkhi
|
3,403
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| Osama Essa Al-Shaheen
|
2,889
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| Saleh Ashour
|
2,867
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| Hamad Mohammed Al-Medlej
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2,826
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| Khaled Marzouq Al-Ameera
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2,228
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| Second
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Bader Hamed Al-Mulla
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7,285
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| Mohammad Barrak Al-Mutair
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4,364
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| Shuaib Shabaan
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3,394
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| Hamed Mahri Al-Bathali
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3,374
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| Khalil Ibrahim Al-Shalih
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2,949
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| Falah Dhahi Al-Hajri
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2,921
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| Aliya Faisal Al-Khaled
|
2,472
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| Hamad Mohammad Al-Matar
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2,460
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| Abdulwahab Aref Al-Issa
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2,056
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| Abdullah Turki Al-Anbaie
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1,922
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| Third
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Ahmed Abdulaziz al-Sadoun
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12,239
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| Muhalhal Khaled Al-Mudhaf
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7,005
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| Abdulkareem Abdullah Al-Kandari
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6,915
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| Muhannad Talal Al-Sayer
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5,998
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| Abdulaziz Tareq Al-Saqabi
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5,329
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| Jenan Boushehri
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4,301
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| Ammar Muhammad Al-Ajmi
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3,784
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| Hamad Adel Al-Obeid
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3,376
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| Faris Saad Al-Otaibi
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3,189
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| Khalil Abdullah Apple
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2,963
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| Fourth
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Shueib Shabab Al-Muweizri
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8,995
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| Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi
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7,266
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| Mubarak Hammoud Al-Tasha
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7,098
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| Mubarak Haif Al-Hajraf
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6,342
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| Thamer Saad Al-Thifeeri
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5,597
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| Marzouq Khalifa Al-Khalifa
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5,170
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| Saad Ali Al-Rusheedi
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5,007
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| Obaid Mohammed Al-Mutairi
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4,834
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| Abdullah Fahad Al-Enizi
|
4,825
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| Yousef Mohammed Al-Bathali
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4,735
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| Fifth
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Hamdan Salem Al-Azmi
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10,799
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| Saud Abdulaziz Al-Hajri
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10,252
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| Khaled Mohammad Al-Otaibi
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9,243
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| Hani Hussein Shams
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6,814
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| Mohammad Hadi Al-Huweila
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6,765
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| Al-Saifi Mubarak Al-Ajmi
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6,525
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| Mohammed Hussain Al-Ajmi
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5,725
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| Majed Mussaed Al-Mutairi
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5,465
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| Marzouq Faleh Al-Hbaini
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4,830
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| Faisal Mohammed Al-Kandari
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4,530
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| Source: KUNA (
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Aftermath
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On 18 October 2022
Ahmed Al-Sadoun
was elected as
Speaker of the National Assembly
unopposed. However on 19 March 2023 the Constitutional Court ruled in favor of reinstating the previous parliament elected in
2020
, citing discrepancies in the decree dissolving the previous parliament.
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In May crown prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolved Parliament and called for election on
6 June 2023
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References
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