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2009 Kuwaiti general election
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Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 16 May 2009,[1] the country's third in a three-year period.[2] Kuwait had voted on six occasions between 1991 and 2009.[3] The turnout rate was 50%.[4] The election was notable in that four women were elected for the first time since Kuwait gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1961.