1963 Kuwaiti general election

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General elections were held in Kuwait on 23 January 1963.^[1] A total of 205 candidates contested the 50 seats, with pro-government candidates emerging as the largest bloc. Voter turnout was 85.0%.^[2]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Pro-government candidates			19
	Independents			16
	Secular opposition			8
	Shi'ite candidates			6
	Sunni candidates			1
Total				50

Total votes		14,355	–
Registered voters/turnout		16,889	85.00
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p161 ISBN 978-0-19924-958-9
^ Nohlen et al., p162

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