Kuwait elections today in numbers.

*Some 793,646 citizens are eligible to vote. They include 406,895 females or 51.3 percent of the electorate, and 386,751 men (48.7 percent).

*As many as 207 candidates, including 13 women, are contesting the 50-seat National Assembly.

* The number of candidates is much lower than the 305 hopefuls who took part in the previous elections in September last year. They include 55 former MPs from previous assemblies and as many as 46 members of the scrapped 2022 Assembly.

* The ballots open at 8.00 am and close 12 hours later.

*Voting will take place at some 118 centers spread across the six governorates.

* Initial results are not expected before midnight on Tuesday.

* Some 1,157 judges will supervise the elections, which will be monitored by local civil societies. Hundreds of police have been deployed to watch the voting process.

*Kuwait is divided into five electoral constituencies, with each electing 10 MPs. Campaigning this time has primarily focused on trying to convince voters to vote.