KUWAIT: Kuwaiti voters began Saturday morning balloting for the 14th legislative elections to select 50 MPs for the forthcoming National Assembly.
Each of the 439,715 eligible voters, who can cast their ballots from 8:00 am till 8:00 pm, will be electing one candidate out of over 300 of hopefuls in the five constituencies in Kuwait, each to produce 10 members of parliament, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.
Voting will be in line with the one-person, one-vote system, being implemented for the second time.
The number of male voters are 206,096, or 46.87 percent of total voters, while females represent 53.12 percent of voters or 233,619.
This is the 6th elections featuring the participation of women in Kuwait. Eight female candidates are running in today's elections.
Women won their political rights in May 2005. (QNA)
