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1992 Kuwaiti general election

General election in Kuwait

Summary

General election in Kuwait

General elections were held in Kuwait on 20 October 1992. A total of 275 candidates contested the election,

Background

As a result of increasing conflict between the ruling family and the elected parliament, the parliament had been disbanded in 1986. The USA, supported by the international community, made its support of the ruling family during the Gulf War conditional on the restoration of democracy, which was agreed to by the Emir in the Jeddah conference of October 1990.

Electoral system

Voting rights were restricted to men who could provide proof of that their ancestors were residing in Kuwait in 1920,. This resulted the number of eligible voters to 14% of the citizenry.

Results

References

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p161 {{ISBN. 978-0-19924-958-9
  2. which saw independents win the largest number of seats, and candidates opposed to the government win a total of 31 seats. Voter turnout was 83%.Nohlen ''et al''., p162
  3. [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2171_92.htm Kuwait: Parliamentary elections Majles Al-Ummah, 1992] IPU
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