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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 year 2024 is notable for the large number of elections that were held worldwide: 64 countries from around the world, [2] home to nearly half of the global population, [3] voted, including eight of the world's 10 most populous nations – Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States; in addition, the ...
Registration of candidates contesting for the 50 seats of the National Assembly took place between 26 October and 4 November 2020. [5] [6] 102 schools were used for the 2020 National Assembly elections on December 5. [7] Each school had a clinic set up to check on the health condition of all those entering. [8]
Kuwait held national elections on Thursday for the fourth time in as many years as the oil-rich country seeks to break out of its longstanding political gridlock. There are no political parties.
Kuwait said Saturday it will hold elections for its national assembly on April 4, its latest round of voting after years of political turmoil. The state-run KUNA news agency made the announcement ...
The 2024 Kuwaiti National Assembly (commonly known as Majlis 2024) 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 ...
11 December 2020 Sabah Al-Ahmad: 16 5 Dec 2020: Ahmed Al-Shuhomi: 15 December 2020 1 May 2023 [3] Nawaf Al-Ahmad: 17 [d] 29 Sep 2022: Mohammed Al-Mutair: 18 Oct 2022 19 Mar 2023 Annulled by Constitutional Court Nawaf Al-Ahmad: 17: 20 June 2023: Mohammed Al-Mutair: 20 June 2023 present: Nawaf Al-Ahmad (2023) Mishal Al-Ahmad (2023–)
The polls opened at noon (0900 GMT) in the election, the fourth since December 2020, and will close at midnight local time. Kuwait bans political parties and candidates run as independents.