Voting Underway in Kuwait's National Assembly Elections

Kuwaiti voters began casting their ballots on Thursday to elect members of the National Assembly, in the first parliamentary elections held after Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah assumed power in the country.

Polling stations opened at 12:00 p.m. local time, prepared to accommodate approximately 844,000 eligible voters, with voting scheduled to continue until midnight, Xinhua news agency reported.

The first hour of voting witnessed a good turnout across the country's 123 polling stations, according to Ahmed Al-Hajri, director of the Elections Affairs Department at the Ministry of Interior.

Voters will select 50 deputies from a pool of 200 candidates.

The last elections of Kuwait's National Assembly were held on June 6, 2023.