December 2012 Kuwaiti general election

December 2012 Kuwaiti general election
1 December 2012
50 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly
Turnout39.6% ( 19.9pp)

Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 1 December 2012 after early elections in February 2012 were declared invalid.

In the elections, Shi'as won 17 out of 50 seats in the National Assembly, an increase from the seven won in the February elections. Sunni Islamists were reduced to a minority. Three women also entered the Parliament compared to men-only from the February election, but their number decreased compared to the 2009 election.

Turnout was officially reported to be 43%, the lowest in the Kuwaiti electoral history.

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