2016 Kuwaiti general election

General election in Kuwait 2016 Kuwaiti general election Kuwait 2013 2020 50 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 65.2% ( 13.3pp) 26 November 2016 Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 26 November 2016. They follow the dissolution of the parliament elected in 2013 by Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in October 2016.Kuwait emir dissolves parliament over fuel price row BBC News, 16 October 2016 Under the constitution, elections must be held within two months.Stage set for snap elections after Assembly dissolved – Amir cites ‘security challenges’ in dissolution decree Kuwait Times, 16 October 2016 Opposition candidates won 24 of the 50 seats in the National Assembly.Kuwait poll: Opposition wins nearly half of parliament Al Jazeera, 27 November 2016 Voter turnout was around 70 percent. Electoral system The 50 elected members of the National Assembly were elected from five 10-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote.Electoral system Inter-Parliamentary Union Results Opposition Islamist candidates (Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi) won around half of the 24 seats won by the opposition, whilst the Shia minority was reduced to six seats from ten seats.http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/07/21/danger-in-kuwait-is-authoritarianism/idpg https://web.archive.org/web/20161218060201/http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/07/21/danger-in-kuwait-is-authoritarianism/idpg dead December 18, 2016 The Danger to Kuwait is Authoritarianism The Shia currently hold 10 out of 50 seats in the National Assembly and have generally served as a bulwark against the opposition since 2008.Sectarianism and authoritarianism in Kuwait Washington Times One woman was elected, with only around 20 of the 42 MPs seeking re-election retaining their seats.Strong showing by opposition, outgoing Assembly punished Kuwait Times, 27 November 2016 Members of Kuwait's largest tribes together won just seven seats in the election, down from fifteen.After big election win, what’s next for Kuwait’s opposition? Courtney Freer, Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy, 8 December 2016 ConstituencyCandidateVotesNotesFirst ConstituencyAdnan Zahid Abdulsamad4,287ElectedEssa Ahmad Al-Kanderi4,077ElectedMohammad Mirwi Al-Hadiyah3,016ElectedAdel Jassem Al-Damkhi2,758ElectedAbdullah Al-Roumi2,731ElectedSaleh Ashour2,541ElectedMubarak Salem Al-Harees2,444ElectedOsama Essa Al-Shaheen2,270ElectedKhaled Hussein Al-Shatti2,166ElectedSalah Abduredha Khourshid2,131ElectedSecond ConstituencyMarzouq Al-Ghanim4,119ElectedRiyadh Ahmad Al-Adsani3,578ElectedKhalil Ibrahim Al-Saleh2,914ElectedJamaan Thaher Al-Herbish2,432ElectedHamad Seif Al-Harshani2,341ElectedMohammed Al-Mutair2,172ElectedKhalaf Dumaitheer Al-Enizi1,942ElectedRakan Al-Nisf1,888ElectedOudah Oudah Al-Ruwaiee1,772ElectedOmar Al-Tabtabaee1,755ElectedThird ConstituencyAbdulwahab Al-Babtain3,730ElectedSadoon Al-Otaibi3,444ElectedYoussef Saleh Al-Fedhalah3,399ElectedAbdulkarim Al-Kanderi3,325ElectedSafaa Abdurrahman Al-Hashim3,273ElectedMohammad Hussein Al-Dalaal2,533ElectedWaleed Al-Tabtabaie2,504ElectedKhalil Abdullah Abul2,443ElectedMohammad Nasser Al-Jabri2,219ElectedAhmad Nabil Al-Fadhel2,124ElectedFourth ConstituencyThamer Saad Al-Thifeeri5,601ElectedMubarak Haif Al-Hajraf4,621ElectedMohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi4,506ElectedSaad Ali Al-Rusheedi3,811ElectedAbdullah Fahad Al-Enizi3,545ElectedShueib Shabab Al-Muweizri3,528ElectedAli Salem Al-Deqbasi3,379ElectedAskar Auwayed Al-Enizi2,972ElectedSaud Mohammad Al-Shuwaier2,897ElectedMarzouq Khalifa Al-Khalifa2,874ElectedFifth ConstituencyHumoud Abdullah Al-Khudeir5,072ElectedHamdan Salem Al-Azmi5,038ElectedAl-Humaidi Bader Al-Subaiee4,660ElectedTalal Saad Al-Jalaal4,299ElectedFaisal Mohammad Al-Kanderi4,114ElectedKhaled Mohammad Al-Otaibi3,998ElectedMajed Musaaed Al-Mutairi3,821ElectedNayef Abdulaziz Al-Ajmi3,769ElectedNasser Saad Al-Doussari3,296ElectedMohammad Hadi Al-Huweila2,851ElectedSource: KUNA (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Aftermath Following the elections, a new Speaker of the National Assembly was elected on 11 December. Marzouq Al-Ghanim was elected with 48 votes, defeating Abdullah Al-Roumi (9 votes) and Shuaib Al-Muwaizri (8 votes). Marzouq Al-Ghanim Independent 48 Abdullah Al-Roumi Independent 9 Shuaib Al-Muwaizri Independent 8 0 65 References Category:2016 in Kuwait Kuwait Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Elections in Kuwait Category:November 2016 in Asia