Elections
The Parliament consists of fifty members who are elected in districts using the first past the post voting method. The major factions, de facto parties, are as follows ;
- National Democratic Alliance - Progressive or neoliberal faction. Has its own TV channel, Nabeeha Tahalof, and publishes the daily newspaper Al-Jarida.
- Democratic Foundation of Kuwait - is a leftist political faction which is composed of social democrats, pan Arabs and some liberals. The faction operate a weekly newspaper called Al-Talea. Its candidates are usually backed by the Youth Association of Kuwait, its de facto youth arm.
- Hadas - Sunni Islamic fundamentalists. Commonly known as the Islamic Constitutional Movement and has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Islamic Salafi is another Sunni fundamentalist faction.
- National Islamic Alliance - Shia Islamic fundamentalists.
- Popular Action Bloc - Shia Populists. Tend to focus on a few issues, i.e. funding for housing.
- Justice and Peace Alliance - Shia moderates.
- Ummah Party - Islamic fundamentalist party that wants to revise the Constitution.
- Independents - No affiliation and tend to be supportive of the ruling family.
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