Two hundred candidates, including 13 women, are in the fray for the 50 seats.

There are  seven candidates than the previous polls held on June 6, 2023 polls.

However, these numbers are way below the 320 candidates who contested the September  2022 elections.

Since parliamentary democracy was introduced to Kuwait in 1962, the National Assembly was suspended twice in 1976 and 1986 for a total of 11 years, dissolved by the Amir on nine occasions and annulled by the constitutional court three times, barely leaving any time for stability and achievement, according to a report in Kuwait Times.

**Picture taken during the polling day in last National Assembly elections on June 6, 2023.