Opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwaiti elections, with the woman has gotten out of the Parliament and the liberals make losses.
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Opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwaiti elections, with the woman has gotten out of the Parliament and the liberals make losses.
As it secured 34 seats in the 50-member parliament, opposition can dominate now the decision of the parliament.
Islamic groups of Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafi movement made the major gains as they win 23 of the seats.
No women were elected, with the four female MPs of the previous parliament all losing their seats.
Liberals were the big losers, winning only two places against five previously.
Voters punished pro-government MPs, reducing them to a small minority, especially 13 former MPs who were questioned by the public prosecutor over corruption charges.
Kuwait is divided into five electoral districts, with each electing 10 lawmakers.
The snap polls were held after the ruler of the oil-rich Gulf state dissolved parliament following youth-led protests and after bitter disputes between the opposition MPs and the government.
The protests also led to the resignation of the former Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who was later replaced by another senior member of the ruling family.
