Kuwaiti voters began casting their ballots on Thursday to elect members of the National Assembly, in the first parliamentary elections held after Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah assumed power in the country.

Polling stations opened at 12:00 p.m. local time, prepared to accommodate approximately 844,000 eligible voters, with voting scheduled to continue until midnight, Xinhua news agency reported.

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The first hour of voting witnessed a good turnout across the country’s 123 polling stations, according to Ahmed Al-Hajri, director of the Elections Affairs Department at the Ministry of Interior.

Voters will select 50 deputies from a pool of 200 candidates.

The last elections of Kuwait’s National Assembly were held on June 6, 2023.