KUWAIT, May 21(KUNA) -- Kuwait's 13th Municipal Council elections kicked off Saturday, where polling centers are expected to receive voters to elect their candidates.
Thirty-eight candidates including a woman, running in eight constituencies. The government will then appoint six members in the 16-seat Municipal Council.
The elections will be held in 443 committees distributed over 76 schools in eight electoral constituencies.
Kuwait Municipality was established in 1930, during which Kuwaiti citizens had a chance to elect their representatives in the Municipal Council, a historic development within Kuwait community. (end) aa