2009_Kuwaiti_parliamentary_election
Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 16 May 2009,[1] the country's third in a three-year period.[2] Kuwait had voted on six occasions between 1991 and 2009.[3] The turnout rate was 50%.[4] The election was notable in that four women were elected for the first time since Kuwait gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1961.