General elections were held in Kuwait on 21 February 1985.[1] A total of 231 candidates contested the election,[2] which saw pro-government candidates remain the largest bloc in Parliament. Voter turnout was 85.1%.[3]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro-government candidates | 27 | –1 | |||
| Independents | 9 | +1 | |||
| Sunni Islamist | 7 | 0 | |||
| Secular opposition | 4 | +1 | |||
| Shi'ite Islamist | 3 | –1 | |||
| Total | 50 | 0 | |||
| Total votes | 48,368 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 56,848 | 85.08 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p161 ISBN 978-0-19924-958-9
- ^ Kuwait Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Nohlen et al., p162