On the eighth day of registration, another 23 people, including 21 males and two female, on Monday submitted candidacy applications to the election watchdog to run for the forthcoming General Assembly (parliament) election slated for September 29th.

The new candidates have thus taken the total number of rivals up to 342 so far, involving 319 males and 23 females. They include two in the First Constituency, three in the second, five in the third, six in the fourth and seven in the fifth.

Meanwhile, two rivals Mohammad Alabdelgader from the Second Constituency and Abdullah Al-Ajmi from the Fifth Constituency respectively have pulled out of the race.

On August 29, the election watchdog opened the door for registration for the coming electoral race, proceeding until September 7. (

Source: Kuwait News Agency