2016 Kuwaiti general election

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.^[1] Under the constitution, elections must be held within two months.^[2] Opposition candidates won 24 of the 50 seats in the National Assembly.^[3] Voter turnout was around 70 percent.^[3]

2016 Kuwaiti general election

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50 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly
Turnout	65.2% ( 13.3pp)

Electoral system

The 50 elected members of the National Assembly were elected from five 10-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote.^[4]

Results

Opposition Islamist candidates (Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi) won around half of the 24 seats won by the opposition, whilst the Shia minority was reduced to six seats from ten seats.^[5][6] One woman was elected, with only around 20 of the 42 MPs seeking re-election retaining their seats.^[7] Members of Kuwait's largest tribes together won just seven seats in the election, down from fifteen.^[8]

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	Notes
First Constituency	Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad	4,287	Elected
	Essa Ahmad Al-Kanderi	4,077	Elected
	Mohammad Mirwi Al-Hadiyah	3,016	Elected
	Adel Jassem Al-Damkhi	2,758	Elected
	Abdullah Al-Roumi	2,731	Elected
	Saleh Ashour	2,541	Elected
	Mubarak Salem Al-Harees	2,444	Elected
	Osama Essa Al-Shaheen	2,270	Elected
	Khaled Hussein Al-Shatti	2,166	Elected
	Salah Abduredha Khourshid	2,131	Elected
Second Constituency	Marzouq Al-Ghanim	4,119	Elected
	Riyadh Ahmad Al-Adsani	3,578	Elected
	Khalil Ibrahim Al-Saleh	2,914	Elected
	Jamaan Thaher Al-Herbish	2,432	Elected
	Hamad Seif Al-Harshani	2,341	Elected
	Mohammed Al-Mutair	2,172	Elected
	Khalaf Dumaitheer Al-Enizi	1,942	Elected
	Rakan Al-Nisf	1,888	Elected
	Oudah Oudah Al-Ruwaiee	1,772	Elected
	Omar Al-Tabtabaee	1,755	Elected
Third Constituency	Abdulwahab Al-Babtain	3,730	Elected
	Sadoon Al-Otaibi	3,444	Elected
	Youssef Saleh Al-Fedhalah	3,399	Elected
	Abdulkarim Al-Kanderi	3,325	Elected
	Safaa Abdurrahman Al-Hashim	3,273	Elected
	Mohammad Hussein Al-Dalaal	2,533	Elected
	Waleed Al-Tabtabaie	2,504	Elected
	Khalil Abdullah Abul	2,443	Elected
	Mohammad Nasser Al-Jabri	2,219	Elected
	Ahmad Nabil Al-Fadhel	2,124	Elected
Fourth Constituency	Thamer Saad Al-Thifeeri	5,601	Elected
	Mubarak Haif Al-Hajraf	4,621	Elected
	Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi	4,506	Elected
	Saad Ali Al-Rusheedi	3,811	Elected
	Abdullah Fahad Al-Enizi	3,545	Elected
	Shueib Shabab Al-Muweizri	3,528	Elected
	Ali Salem Al-Deqbasi	3,379	Elected
	Askar Auwayed Al-Enizi	2,972	Elected
	Saud Mohammad Al-Shuwaier	2,897	Elected
	Marzouq Khalifa Al-Khalifa	2,874	Elected
Fifth Constituency	Humoud Abdullah Al-Khudeir	5,072	Elected
	Hamdan Salem Al-Azmi	5,038	Elected
	Al-Humaidi Bader Al-Subaiee	4,660	Elected
	Talal Saad Al-Jalaal	4,299	Elected
	Faisal Mohammad Al-Kanderi	4,114	Elected
	Khaled Mohammad Al-Otaibi	3,998	Elected
	Majed Musaaed Al-Mutairi	3,821	Elected
	Nayef Abdulaziz Al-Ajmi	3,769	Elected
	Nasser Saad Al-Doussari	3,296	Elected
	Mohammad Hadi Al-Huweila	2,851	Elected
Source: KUNA (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Aftermath

Following the elections, a new Speaker of the National Assembly was elected on 11 December. Marzouq Al-Ghanim was elected with 48 votes, defeating Abdullah Al-Roumi (9 votes) and Shuaib Al-Muwaizri (8 votes).

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Marzouq Al-Ghanim	Independent	48	73.85
	Abdullah Al-Roumi	Independent	9	13.85
	Shuaib Al-Muwaizri	Independent	8	12.31
Total			65	100.00
Valid votes			65	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			65	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			65	100.00