Member State of the Arab League Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 27 July 2013.

[2] Voter turnout was an estimated 52.5%, which was higher than expected despite an opposition boycott,[3] and only 7% lower than the non-boycotted February 2012 elections.

Six weeks before the December 2012 elections, the electoral law was changed to reduce the number of votes voters could cast from four to one.

They were originally scheduled for 25 July, but were later postponed due to delays in the candidate registration process; the electoral law required registration had to start a month before the election, but the cabinet put process on hold whilst it waited for the Constitutional Court to publish the reasons for ruling that dissolved the previous National Assembly.

[6] The Congressional Research Service reported that liberals won 9 seats, making them the largest political bloc in the parliament after pro-government Independents.