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	The Gulf Monarchies: Kuwait's Real Elections - Middle East Quarterly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Kuwait's 1962 constitution gives the revived National Assembly responsibility for drafting legislation and allows the assembly to question the performance of the prime minister and other cabinet members, all of whom are appointed by the emir and approved by the assembly.
		The recent election resulted in a fifty-member legislature fairly equally divided among Islamists and pro-government deputies, with the government winning control through deputies elected on the basis of promised pork-barrel favors and also the parliamentary votes of (unelected) government ministers.
		Kuwait's strong sense of national unity, plus the continued threat from Iraq, mean that these elections will hardly affect U.S.-Kuwaiti relations, which have grown into a true alliance, one as firm and as important to both partners as U.S.-NATO ties.
	www.meforum.org /article/425 (3490 words)

	UNDP-POGAR: Programme on Governance in the Arab Region: Elections
		Kuwait's first National Assembly was elected in 1963, with follow-on elections held in 1967, 1971, and 1975.
		Jinan Boushahry announced on February 13, 2006 that she was a candidate in the partial municipal elections to occupy the vacant seat.
		Election results were as follows: The opposition bloc won the majority of parliamentary seats (35 seats) up from 29 seats in the dissolved parliament.
	www.pogar.org /countries/elections.asp?cid=8 (1570 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - High turnout reported in historic Kuwaiti elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Kuwait will be proud of its women," candidate Rula Dashti told АFР as she walked around female voters at a polling station, embracing each of them and urging them to vote for her.
		The election is being held against the backdrop of a political crisis between the government and parliament that led Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah to dissolve the chamber on May 21.
		The elections followed the fiercest campaign in 44 years of Kuwaiti parliamentary democracy, as the opposition bids to boost its reformist agenda, which includes slashing the number of constituencies to fight corruption.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=22948 (937 words)

	Analysis: Arabs eye Kuwait's elections and reforms -- Middle East Times
		The democratic exercise in Kuwait's early parliamentary elections may have given the oil-rich emirate something to boast about, but the polls seem to have backfired against the regime with the opposition's sweeping victory.
		But the results of the June 29 elections, which brought to parliament an even bigger opposition of liberal and Islamist members, constitutes a setback for the Sabah regime as the new parliament is expected to push harder for democratic reforms and fighting corruption.
		The campaigns during Kuwait's elections saw unprecedented sharp criticism of the government, and by de facto the ruling Sabah family, questioning its role in the running of the state's affairs where the emir has the final say in all matters.
	www.metimes.com /print.php?StoryID=20060703-054858-9185r (847 words)

	Elections in Kuwait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections in Kuwait are held for both the National Assembly (Majlis al-Umma) and for the Municipality.
		Kuwait is divided into 25 electoral districts, each of which elects two members to the National Assembly, for a total of 50 elected members (additional members sit as appointed members of the cabinet).
		Kuwait was divided into ten districts in the National Assembly elections between 1963 and 1975.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Kuwait (1406 words)

	Middle East Online
		Islamists have been gaining ground in conservative Kuwait and are expected to win more seats in parliamentary elections Thursday, despite opposing the rights of women who have the vote for the first time, analysts say.
		If elections at Kuwait University, where Islamists have bagged all the seats on the student union over the past 27 years, are any indication, then Islamists are likely to benefit the most from women's votes.
		Islamists are likely to also benefit from their alliances with other opposition groups who have joined forces to fight the election on a platform of combatting corruption and pressing for political and electoral reform.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/kuwait/?id=16837 (707 words)

	KUWAIT: parliamentary elections Majles Al-Ummah, 1992
		Elections were held for the 50 elective seats in the restored National Assembly.
		In April 1991, the Amir Sheikh Jaber as-Sabah announced that parliamentary elections would be held in 1992 in fulfilment of a promise made at the October 1990 conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.
		The elections were contested by 275 candidates in the country’s 25 constituencies.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2171_92.htm (522 words)

	KUWAIT: parliamentary elections Majles Al-Ummah, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Elections were held for the 50 elective seats of Parliament on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
		An Amiri decree approved by the Cabinet on 1 September called for the elections to the National Assembly to be held on 7 October.
		Of Kuwait's approximately 770,000 citizens, only some 107,000 were eligible to vote - that is about 7% of the country's population but nevertheless some 25% more eligibilities than for the previous poll in October 1992.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2171_96.htm (340 words)

	USATODAY.com - Women fail to take a single seat in Kuwait's elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait's first parliamentary elections in which women could vote were a victory for political reformists but a disappointment for female candidates, none of whom won a seat, according to official results Friday.
		There were 27 women running in the elections, but it was not immediately possible to tell how close any of them came to winning because the comprehensive vote count had not been released.
		The election sparked a surprisingly strong campaign for reform in Kuwait, where the ruling Al Sabah family has long headed the government and maintains a strong influence on politics.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-06-29-kuwait-voting_x.htm (417 words)

	Kuna site\|Story page\|Kuwait''s elections commended by Egypt''s official...6/26/2006
		The agency noted that the early elections followed the decision by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Sabah who exercised his constitutional powers in dissolving the 50-member house for lack of cooperation with the executive authority.
		MENA shedlight on the elections history in Kuwait, noting that the 1962 constitution calls for elections to be held at a maximum interval of four years.
		Elections were held again in June and then in December of 1938 for a majlis al-tashri'i, or Legislative Council.
	www.kuna.net.kw /home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=880654 (305 words)

	IFES Election Guide - Country Profile: Kuwait - Elections
		KUWAIT (Reuters) - Powerful Islamist and reformist candidates swept Kuwait's elections but women failed to win a single seat in their first attempt to run for parliament, results showed on Friday.
		The elections were the first in Kuwait to allow women to vote and run for the legislature in a country in which women make 57% percent of eligible voters.
		KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaitis voted for a new parliament on Thursday with women running and casting ballots for the first time in a national poll in the Gulf Arab state.
	www.electionguide.org /country-news.php?ID=116 (1056 words)

	CNN.com - Kuwait grants women right to vote - May 16, 2005
		KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (CNN) -- The Kuwaiti parliament has voted to give women the right to vote and to run for office -- if they observe Islamic laws.
		The next parliamentary elections in Kuwait -- the first opportunity for women to run -- are two years away.
		The state-sanctioned Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said the vote was 35 in favor, 23 against and one abstention.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/05/16/kuwait.women (288 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Kuwait's landmark elections have seen gains for candidates advocating reforms, but women candidates - allowed to run for the first time - failed to win in any of the country's 25 constituencies.
		Thursday's parliamentary elections saw women allowed to vote and stand for office for the first time in the northern Gulf state's history.
		Kuwait's constitution forbids foreign ownership of oil and gas reserves in the country, and Kuwaitis do not pay tax.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/8311C23B-9A68-4B1D-B735-02AC6C90022E.htm (838 words)

	BBC News \| Middle East \| Kuwait elections go online
		Candidates in Kuwait's partliamentary elections, being held on Saturday, are using a new medium to broadcast their campaign - the Internet.
		Kuwaitis say this is the first time that the Internet has played a role in their national elections, the last of which were held in 1996.
		Women, who have always been denied the vote in the past, have been promised full political rights next time round by the ruling Emir, in a decree which has still to be ratified by the new parliament.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/382981.stm (376 words)

	Gulfnews: Kuwait may allow political parties
		Kuwait constitution, pro-mulgated in 1962, stipulates that Kuwait is a hereditary constitutional country, where the ruler, who is head of state, must be from the descendants of the Mubarak Al Kabir branch of the Al Sabah family.
		Kuwait is the first Gulf Arab country to have a lively political life and an elected parliament which has vast legislative powers and can question ministers.
		The Kuwaiti constitution bans political parties and the country's election process is not based on party system, but political groups field their own candidates in polls.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/04/06/05/122910.html (494 words)

	Kuwait
		Kuwait's improved economy has reduced pressure for cuts in other politically popular but expensive programs, such as the country's generous subsidy programs for Kuwaiti nationals (who receive nearly everything they need either heavily subsidized or free from cradle to grave), or government employment for 93% of the Kuwaiti workforce.
		Elections for Kuwait's National Assembly (with the electorate restricted to only 107,000 men) were held in October 1996, with major issues being corruption, lack of leadership from the ruling family leading up to the Iraqi invasion, and rising crime since liberation.
		Kuwait plans to conduct a feasibility study on the possibility of rehabilitating polluted oil lake beds, which were created by the more than 23 million barrels of crude oil spilled in the desert from oil wells sabotaged by withdrawing Iraqi troops.
	www.converger.com /eiacab/kuwait.htm (3995 words)

	Bill to let Kuwait women vote
		The government in the conservative Gulf Arab state of Kuwait has embarked on a new effort to grant women full political rights, reports the BBC.
		Women in oil-rich Kuwait have been campaigning for the vote for decades.
		The next general elections in Kuwait are scheduled for July 2007.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/may/12kuwait.htm (152 words)

	Politics of Kuwait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Despite the regular holding of relatively free and fair elections to the National Assembly, Kuwait is not a democracy by the usual definition of the term because the prime minister is not responsible to parliament.
		Kuwait has universal adult suffrage for Kuwaiti citizens who are 21 or older, with the exception of (1) those who currently serve in the armed forces, (2) citizens who have been naturalized for fewer than 30 years.
		Kuwait's monarchical system of government is marked by the unusually wide involvement of members of the ruling family in state posts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Kuwait (2096 words)

	KUWAIT: 'TRANSPARENCY' MEASURES AHEAD OF ELECTIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Kuwait City, 23 June (AKI) - The Kuwaiti ministry of interior has decided to introduce see-through ballot boxes for the parliamentary elections to be held on 29 June, Kuwaiti news agency Kuna reported on Friday.
		In fact, parliamentary elections in Kuwait were brought forward to 29 June due to a political crisis provoked by the disagreement among some cabinet members on an electoral reform proposal aimed to stop the widespread practice of literally 'buying votes'.
		Moreover, former MP and candidate Ahmad al-Saadoun told the local Kuwait Times that he is certain that part of the votes to support "certain parliamentary candidates" have been bought with money from the state treasury.
	www.adnki.com /index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.314166371&par=0 (349 words)

	George Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		These elections reaffirm Kuwait's hard-won independence and the freedoms enjoyed by the Kuwaiti people, in sharp contrast to the agony the Iraqi people still endure from Saddam.
		The gulf between Kuwait's determination to begin a democratic process and Saddam's brutalities against the Iraqi people is a vivid reminder of why the coalition had no choice but to use force to liberate Kuwait.
		The United States remains committed both to supporting Kuwait in its physical and political reconstruction and to support the efforts of the Iraqi opposition toward building a democratic future for the people of Iraq.
	bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1992/92100702.html (206 words)

	Welcome to www.kuwait-info.com
		WASHINGTON, April 5 (KUNA) -- A report on the U.S. record in supporting human rights and democracy in 2005-2006, released on Wednesday, noted that the government of Kuwait improved its human rights record by granting women the right to vote, and said freedom of worship continued to be protected in Kuwait.
		The July 2003 parliamentary elections in Kuwait were "generally considered to have been free and fair," the report said, noting that the Kuwait National Assembly last year granted women the right to vote and run for office.
		The goal of the program was to further empower women to be active and influential in their communities by participating in a month-long business administration course and a three-month internship with an American company.
	kuwait-info.com /newsnew/NewsDetails2.asp?id=68486&dt=4/6/2006&ntype= (300 words)

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		The June 29 parliamentary elections in Kuwait achieved international media coverage because women were allowed to stand for office and vote for the first time in the sheikhdom.
		New elections were only held in 1992, months after the liberation from Iraqi occupation—and then only after international pressure on the emir.
		The June elections are also a reminder of the lesson already learned in Egypt, Iraq, and the West Bank and Gaza that encouraging elections and a broader franchise does not necessarily lead to wider acceptance of the value of close relations with the United States.
	www.washingtoninstitute.org /templateC05.php?CID=2483 (1318 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		KUWAIT (KUNA): Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said on Monday that the Kuwaiti and Egyptian views were identical on a host of issues during the visit of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the country.
		He said the talks touched on the upcoming summit slated in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, by end of next month and both side agreed on support for the Arab peace initiative concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict.
		Kuwait decided to grant 10 million dollars for Iraq.
	www.arabtimesonline.com /arabtimes/kuwait/view.asp?msgID=7031 (519 words)

	Parliamentary Elections in Kuwait - Kuwaiti women run for offices for the National Assembly - Softpedia
		Women’s ability to highlight their participation in the Kuwaiti political sphere is a result of a law passed by Kuwaiti parliament in May of 2005 which stipulates that women possess the right to vote, as well as be candidates in elections that deal with the National Assembly seats.
		The 28 women that are registered candidates, out of a total of 250, will nevertheless have quite a tough job ahead of them since they have to overcome their male political rivals, who are more experienced, since many of them have already held official positions and are now seeking re-election.
		This round of elections was the consequence of the parliament being dissolved last month by Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, after a political stalemate between the government and the opposition regarding reforms in the electoral realm, was reached.
	news.softpedia.com /news/Parliamentary-Elections-in-Kuwait-28110.shtml (354 words)

	Kuwait appoints two women to municipal council - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the last all-male elections in Kuwait last week, voters elected 10 members of the 16-seat civic body, while the remaining six members were selected by the ruler of the country on the recommendation of the government.
		Local news agencies reported that the government wants to appoint up to three women to the council, whose powers are limited to civil planning, monitoring some public services and restaurants, roads and civil construction.
		Women will make their election debut in the 2007 legislative elections and will vote and contest in the next municipal polls in 2009, after parliament agreed last month to grant them full political rights.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=8704 (701 words)

	Women's right-to-vote bill fails in Kuwait - World News - MSNBC.com
		KUWAIT CITY - A push to allow women to participate in Kuwait's local elections stalled Monday when Islamist and conservative lawmakers abstained en masse from a key vote in parliament, leaving the measure undefeated but short of the number of votes needed for passage.
		Parliament gave the measure preliminary approval on a 26-20 vote during the April 19 first reading of the draft law, but Monday's second reading of the bill and a second vote was required before the measure could become law.
		Advocates of a greater political role for Kuwaiti women and their opponents view the local election change as the first step toward allowing women to participate in elections for Kuwait's legislature.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7708240 (464 words)

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