2009 Elections
The Independents, who tend to support the ruling family, won 21 seats. The Sunni Islamists won 13 seats, the Neoliberals won six seats, the Shiite populists won 3 seats and Shiite Islamists won 6 seats . For the first time in Kuwaiti history, four of the elected officials were women.
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