Kuwait Election 2020 Candidates List

There were 29 female candidates but none secured a seat.

Kuwait election 2020 candidates list. All of the female candidates in kuwait s vote lost their races even though younger opposition candidates made gains. With the majority of kuwait s population under the age of 35 the outcome of the 2020 national assembly parliament election will likely have a significant impact on the future of. Kuwait s only female mp safa al hashem has lost her seat in polls which saw the opposition make gains in the oil rich gulf state.

Kuwait s electoral committees announced on sunday winners of 2020 parliamentary elections in five electoral districts held yesterday according to the kuwaiti news agency. Kuwait s new parliament will be led by an all male con tingent according to elections results posted on sunday. The kuwait news agency said that 326 candidates across five electoral districts in the country will run for the 50 seats compared with 293 candidates in the 2016 elections.

File in this saturday dec. A kuwaiti man looks at a billboard featuring the candidates running for parliamentary elections in kuwait city. Prime minister sabah al khalid al sabah since 19 november 2019.

Amir nawaf al ahmad al jabir al sabah since 29 september 2020 head of government. Afp ismaeel naar al arabiya english wednesday 02 december 2020. 5 2020 file photo a man casts his vote for parliamentary elections in the town of hawally kuwait.

Deutsche welle december 7 2020 1 57 29 pm saturday s election was a win for kuwait s unofficial opposition whose candidates took nearly half of parliament s seats in weekend polls amid calls for reforms over corruption. A new parliament has been elected in kuwait in an election that. Kuwaitis stand in a crowed hall waiting to vote during parliamentary elections in jahra city kuwait.

50 seats in the majlis al umma national asssembly description of government structure.