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Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    2012

Kuwait

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: Amir SABAH al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister NASIR MUHAMMAD al-Ahmad al-Sabah
  • Assembly: Kuwait has a unicameral National Assembly (Majlis al-Umma) with 65 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The Amir is hereditary N/A.
  • Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch.
  • In the National Assembly (Majlis al-Umma), 50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Elected members come from five 10-seat districts. The electoral system is MNTV. Each voter may choose up to four candidates. The 10 highest vote-getters win seats in each district. Ex officio members are from the Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers is appointed by the Prime Minister with the consent of the Amir.

Population:

  • Population: 2,691,158 (July 2009 - Estimates include 1,291,354 non-nationals.)

Future elections

  • Parliamentary - 2012

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/04/2010

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