Kuwait holds parliamentary elections

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Kuwait holds parliamentary elections

STORY: Kuwait holds parliamentary elections DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Kuwait City CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the voting station STORYLINE: Kuwaitis headed to parliamentary polls on Thursday to elect 50 members of the National Assembly from among 305 candidates representing five constituencies in the country, state news agency KUNA reported. Nearly 800,000 citizens are eligible to vote in the Kuwaiti elections and 22 of the 305 candidates are women, said KUNA. The Ministry of the Interior has selected 123 schools as polling stations, it added. This is the first time that the voting system based on national identity is adopted in Kuwaiti elections, meaning each voter can only go to the polling station in their own constituency. Kuwait officially dissolved the parliament on Aug. 2 in a royal decree saying the dissolution resulted from "lack of harmony and cooperation ... and behavior that threaten national unity." With a mandate of four years, the unicameral Kuw

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