The counting of voters in the legislative elections continues in Kuwait after polling stations closed on Tuesday evening, amid expectations that the official results will be announced tomorrow morning.
Voter turnout reached 50% one hour before the polls closed, according to Kuwait's Transparency Association.
Kuwait TV launched a live broadcast to follow up on the results of the boxes that are sorted in real time, before announcing the numbers obtained by each candidate.
The Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah thanked senior state officials and judges for their efforts during the elections, which were held "with efficiency and transparency", praising the patriotism of citizens "and their active participation in exercising their constitutional right to elections".
During daylight hours, Kuwaitis flocked to polling stations to cast their votes in the elections, for the third time in two and a half years.
Some 800,50 voters are eligible to vote for the 4 members of the National Assembly, who will represent the people in the new four-year National Assembly.
Some 204 candidates, including 13 women, are competing in 5 constituencies.
Kuwait consists of 5 constituencies, each with 10 deputies, where the candidates who finish in the top ten in each constituency win membership of parliament.
About a month ago, Kuwait set the sixth of June (today) as a date for new parliamentary elections known as the Nation 2023, after an Amiri decree was issued last May to dissolve the parliament elected in 2020, following disagreements between the executive and legislative authorities.
Parliamentary elections were held in September 2022, before the Constitutional Court ruled on March 19 to invalidate them, and the 2020 Council, dissolved by Emiri decree, was reinstated on June 22, 2022, due to disagreements between the parliament and the government, and the returning council is dissolved by a new Emiri decree.