KUWAIT: Parliamentary elections

Description of government structure:

    * Chief of State: Amir SABAH al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah

    * Head of Government: Prime Minister NASIR MUHAMMAD al-Ahmad al-Sabah

    * Assembly: Kuwait has a unicameral National Assembly (Majlis al-Umma) with 65 seats.

 

Description of electoral system:

    * The Amir is hereditary N/A.

    * The Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch.

    * In the National Assembly (Majlis al-Umma), 50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms.