| Election Name: | 2016 Kuwaiti general election |
| Country: | Kuwait |
| Previous Election: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2020 |
| Seats For Election: | 50 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly |
| Turnout: | 65.2% (13.3pp) |
| Election Date: | 26 November 2016 |
Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 26 November 2016. They follow the dissolution of the parliament elected in 2013 by Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in October 2016.[1] Under the constitution, elections must be held within two months.[2] Opposition candidates won 24 of the 50 seats in the National Assembly.[3] Voter turnout was around 70 percent.
The 50 elected members of the National Assembly were elected from five 10-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote.[4]
Opposition Islamist candidates (Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi) won around half of the 24 seats won by the opposition, whilst the Shia minority was reduced to six seats from ten seats.[5] [6] One woman was elected, with only around 20 of the 42 MPs seeking re-election retaining their seats.[7] Members of Kuwait's largest tribes together won just seven seats in the election, down from fifteen.[8]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=10 | First Constituency | Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad | 4,287 | Elected |
| Essa Ahmad Al-Kanderi | 4,077 | Elected | ||
| Mohammad Mirwi Al-Hadiyah | 3,016 | Elected | ||
| Adel Jassem Al-Damkhi | 2,758 | Elected | ||
| Abdullah Al-Roumi | 2,731 | Elected | ||
| Saleh Ashour | 2,541 | Elected | ||
| Mubarak Salem Al-Harees | 2,444 | Elected | ||
| Osama Essa Al-Shaheen | 2,270 | Elected | ||
| Khaled Hussein Al-Shatti | 2,166 | Elected | ||
| Salah Abduredha Khourshid | 2,131 | Elected | ||
| align=left rowspan=10 | Second Constituency | Marzouq Al-Ghanim | 4,119 | Elected |
| Riyadh Ahmad Al-Adsani | 3,578 | Elected | ||
| Khalil Ibrahim Al-Saleh | 2,914 | Elected | ||
| Jamaan Thaher Al-Herbish | 2,432 | Elected | ||
| Hamad Seif Al-Harshani | 2,341 | Elected | ||
| Mohammed Al-Mutair | 2,172 | Elected | ||
| Khalaf Dumaitheer Al-Enizi | 1,942 | Elected | ||
| Rakan Al-Nisf | 1,888 | Elected | ||
| Oudah Oudah Al-Ruwaiee | 1,772 | Elected | ||
| Omar Al-Tabtabaee | 1,755 | Elected | ||
| align=left rowspan=10 | Third Constituency | Abdulwahab Al-Babtain | 3,730 | Elected |
| Sadoon Al-Otaibi | 3,444 | Elected | ||
| Youssef Saleh Al-Fedhalah | 3,399 | Elected | ||
| Abdulkarim Al-Kanderi | 3,325 | Elected | ||
| Safaa Abdurrahman Al-Hashim | 3,273 | Elected | ||
| Mohammad Hussein Al-Dalaal | 2,533 | Elected | ||
| Waleed Al-Tabtabaie | 2,504 | Elected | ||
| Khalil Abdullah Abul | 2,443 | Elected | ||
| Mohammad Nasser Al-Jabri | 2,219 | Elected | ||
| Ahmad Nabil Al-Fadhel | 2,124 | Elected | ||
| align=left rowspan=10 | Fourth Constituency | Thamer Saad Al-Thifeeri | 5,601 | Elected |
| Mubarak Haif Al-Hajraf | 4,621 | Elected | ||
| Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi | 4,506 | Elected | ||
| Saad Ali Al-Rusheedi | 3,811 | Elected | ||
| Abdullah Fahad Al-Enizi | 3,545 | Elected | ||
| Shueib Shabab Al-Muweizri | 3,528 | Elected | ||
| Ali Salem Al-Deqbasi | 3,379 | Elected | ||
| Askar Auwayed Al-Enizi | 2,972 | Elected | ||
| Saud Mohammad Al-Shuwaier | 2,897 | Elected | ||
| Marzouq Khalifa Al-Khalifa | 2,874 | Elected | ||
| align=left rowspan=10 | Fifth Constituency | Humoud Abdullah Al-Khudeir | 5,072 | Elected |
| Hamdan Salem Al-Azmi | 5,038 | Elected | ||
| Al-Humaidi Bader Al-Subaiee | 4,660 | Elected | ||
| Talal Saad Al-Jalaal | 4,299 | Elected | ||
| Faisal Mohammad Al-Kanderi | 4,114 | Elected | ||
| Khaled Mohammad Al-Otaibi | 3,998 | Elected | ||
| Majed Musaaed Al-Mutairi | 3,821 | Elected | ||
| Nayef Abdulaziz Al-Ajmi | 3,769 | Elected | ||
| Nasser Saad Al-Doussari | 3,296 | Elected | ||
| Mohammad Hadi Al-Huweila | 2,851 | Elected | ||
| align=left colspan=4 | Source: KUNA (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
Following the elections, a new Speaker of the National Assembly was elected on 11 December. Marzouq Al-Ghanim was elected with 48 votes, defeating Abdullah Al-Roumi (9 votes) and Shuaib Al-Muwaizri (8 votes).