KUWAIT, Oct 28 (KUNA) -- Some 42 candidates joined the electoral race on the 10th and last day of registration Friday, a month away from parliamentary elections slated for November 26th.
The First Constituency yielded the following eight hopefuls: Jasem Mohammad Bu Hindi Al-Ali, Saad Mohammad Farhan Al-Mufarreh, Abdulhadi Qambar Mohammad Ali Hussein, Abdulwahid Mohammad Shaaban Habib Mohammad Khalfan, Ali Darweesh Ali Hassan Ibrahim Al-Mansouri, Hani Ahmad Qurban Hajji Mohammad, Hani Mohammad Abdulrahim Bushehri and Waleed Ahmad Yaqoub Yousef.
Moreover, the Second Constituency produced candidates, who were: Bandar Mujaibil Naser Al-Enezi, Hasan Naji Ibrahim Hussein Al-Bahrani, Saud Saad Mohammad Rashed Al-Mutairi, Abdulhameed Khalifa Mohammad Hamad Al-Shayji and Mohammad Barrak Al-Mutair.
Meanwhile, seven candidates registered in the Third Constituency, including Ahmad Mohammad Tahir Al-Bannai, Bassam Mohammad Abdulrahman Al-Asfour, Jamal Abdullah Mulla Saeed Mohammad, Zaid Saleh Faraj Saeed, Abdulaziz Saad Mohammad Saad Al-Munaifi, Abdullah Salem Hussein Khalaf Al-Doob and Fowzi Saqr Fahd Al-Saqr.
The Fourth Constituency produced the following 11 candidates: Ahmad Nassar Al-Shuraian, Bader Sahab Al-Muwaizri, Jamal Saad Yateem Al-Enezi, Reem Ghafel Zayed Al-Adwani, Saeed Hameed Abdulraheem Al-Dashti, Ammar Hussein Abdullah Al-Sayegh, Ghazi Fares Abdullah Jwaizi Al-Oteibi, Fawaz Saud Maeedh Al-Azmi, Meshari Mohammad Thawab Al-Mutawtah, Mahdi Hussein Hajji Redha Fairuz and Yousef Sayyed Mahdi Sayyed Yousef Al-Radhwi.
The Fifth Constituency saw Jasem Abdullah Jamaan Al-Ali, Hussein Sarhan Haddad Al-Enezi, Khaled Salman Shabib Abd Raie Al-Azmi, Sudan Ali Oqab Al-Shammari, Aali Abdullah Qablan Mijbil Al-Rasheedi, Abdullah Salem Hussein Mahmoud Al-Failakawi, Alyan Alloosh Awadh Al-Murtairi, Falah Saleh Muhawesh Salman, Mani'a Mohammad Mubarak Al-Ajmi, Hayef Nayef Mibtil Dwailan Al-Mutairi and Wael Mohammad Ghaleb Al-Busairi.
Starting from today, and up until seven days before elections day, or November 19, candidates who wish to withdraw from the race can submit a request to the Elections' Affairs Department, Colonel Salah Al-Shatti, deputy director of the Department told KUNA.
He added that the Department, starting tomorrow (Saturday) will receive applications for candidates' representatives at polling stations in all constituencies.
As per Law 20/2012, the first 10 candidates with most votes will win a seat in parliament in each constituency. The electorate can only vote for one candidate per the constituency they're registered in.(pick up previous).
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