Kuwait

National Assembly

Political system
Monarchy
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes
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Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Background

Election date(s)
04 Apr 2024
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature
15 Feb 2024
Timing of election
Early elections
Expected date of next elections
30 Apr 2028
Number of seats at stake
50
Scope of elections
Full renewal

Candidates

Number of parties contesting the election
Not applicable
Not applicable. There is no party system or candidates stood as independents.
Yes
Total number of candidates
200
Number of male candidates
187
Number of female candidates
13
Percentage of women candidates
6.5%

Voter turnout

Registered voters
834,733

Results

About the election

Opposition candidates once again won the majority of the 50 directly elected seats in the National Assembly at snap elections held only 10 months after the previous polls. The sole woman in the outgoing legislature was re-elected. Turnout was about 62% according to the information ministry. On 15 April, the Emir appointed Sheikh Ahmad al-Abdullah Al Sabah as the new Prime Minister, who succeeded Sheikh Mohammad Sabah al-Salem Al Sabah.

The elections in 2024 (see note) were the first to be held under the new Emir, Sheikh Meshal al- Ahmad al Jaber Al Sabah, who assumed power after the death of his half-brother, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah, in December 2023. The new Emir dissolved the National Assembly on 15 February 2024, citing “violation” of the Constitution by failing to “show due respect to the high office and deliberately use improper language” (in addressing the Emir).

Note:
Although the outgoing National Assembly had issued a new election Act, which would have appointed a new independent authority to oversee parliamentary elections as part of political reforms, a decree issued on 21 February 2024 suspended that law until 1 October 2024. Consequently, the 2024 elections were held under previous election law, without an election commission.

Number of parties winning seats
Not applicable
Alternation of power after elections
Not applicable

Notes: Monarchy

Number of parties in government
Not applicable
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
49
Number of women elected
1
Percentage of women elected
2.0%
Women Directly Elected
1
Other notes on the elections

Note on the statutory number:
Cabinet ministers who have not been elected as members of the National Assembly are considered ex officio members. They can vote in the legislature, except in votes of confidence.

The newly elected National Assembly of Kuwait which was due to hold its first session on 14 May 2024 was dissolved by the Emir. There is currently no functioning Parliament in Kuwait.

Sources

New legislature

Total number of men after the election
Not applicable
Total number of women after the election
Not applicable
Percentage of women after the election
Not applicable
Total number of other parliamentarians after the election
Not applicable
First-term parliamentarians
Not applicable
Percentage of first-term parliamentarians
No information available
Date of the first session
Not applicable

First Speaker of the new legislature

Not applicable

Historical data for IPU membership

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Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No