WORLD IN BRIEF : KUWAIT : Government Sweeps Parliament Election
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Government supporters won all the seats up for election in a new transitional legislature, official returns showed in Kuwait, after opposition leaders called for a vote boycott. The election filled two-thirds of the 75-seat National Council. The government, which dissolved Parliament in 1986 for criticizing the country’s leaders, will appoint the remaining seats. Officials said 61.5% of the electorate voted, but the opposition put the figure at about 50%.
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