Constitutional Convention elections were held in
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
on 30 December 1961,
[ having originally been planned for 1 November.]["The Reluctant Arab Force: Slow Progress On Plan For Kuwait" ''The Times'', 29 August 1961, p6, Issue 55172]
It was the country's first-ever election,["Kuwait Holds Its First Election", ''The Times'', 30 December 1961, p12, Issue 55276] and elected a body responsible for drawing up a constitution.[ Around 40,000 men were eligible to vote,][ with turnout of registered voters at 90.0%.]Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p162 [
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Results
References
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Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
Constitutional Convention election
Elections in Kuwait
Non-partisan elections
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
December 1961 events in Asia