Kuwaiti general election, 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. Under the constitution, elections must be held within two months. Opposition candidates won 24 of the 50 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was around 70 percent.

The 50 elected members of the National Assembly were elected from five 10-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote.

Opposition Salafist and the Muslim Brotherhood candidates won around half of the 24 seats won by the opposition, whilst the Shia minority was reduced to six seats from nine. One woman was elected, with only around 20 of the 42 MPs seeking re-election retaining their seats.

Although large tribes tend to dominate elections in Kuwait, the 2016 polls saw smaller Kuwaiti tribes asserting themselves for the first time. Members of three of the largest tribes in Kuwait – Ajman, Matran, and Awazem – together won just seven seats in the election, down from 15.

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