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General elections were held in Kuwait on 23 February 1981. A total of 447 candidates contested the election, which saw pro-government candidates remain the largest bloc in Parliament. Voter turnout was 89.8%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pro-government candidates			28	+7
	Independents			8	+2
	Sunni Islamist			7	+1
	Shi'ite Islamist			4	–6
	Secular opposition			3	–4
Total				50	0

Total votes		37,689	–
Registered voters/turnout		41,953	89.84
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p161 ISBN 978-0-19924-958-9
Kuwait Inter-Parliamentary Union
Nohlen et al., p162

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