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Kuwaiti candidate and Parliament Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanem celebrates with his supporters following the announcement of his victory in parliamentary election in Kuwait city, on December 6, 2020. Unlike other oil-rich Gulf states, Kuwait has a lively political life and its parliament, elected for four-year terms, enjoys wide legislative powers. Political disputes are often fought in public. But with more than 144,000 novel coronavirus cases to date, including 889 deaths, the election campaign has been toned

December 6th, 2020 - 07:36 GMT

With 300 Candidates, 29 Women: Kuwaitis Vote in Parliamentary Polls Under New Emir

Kuwaitis voted in parliamentary elections on Saturday for the first time since Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah became emir in September. More than 300 candidates, including 29 women, contested 50 seats in the Gulf’s oldest and most outspoken assembly with legislative powers. Results are expected on Sunday. Campaigning took place mostly on social media and local TV channels because of COVID-19 restrictions. Voters wore masks and gloves, and had their temperature ...