Thread by @danieltavana

The 10 winners in each of Kuwait's 5 electoral districts have been announced. In short: the composition of the 2023 parliament - which will hold its opening session on 20 June - looks similar to the parliament elected in 2022. There are a few important differences between the two… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

First, of the 47 incumbents who ran, 38 won seats. Of the other 12 MPs who won seats, 2 are former MPs and 10 won for the first time. No new candidates (running for the first time) won.
Incumbent reelection:
9/10 in District 1
7/10 in District 2
8/8 in District 3
6/9 in District… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Second, electoral competition in Kuwait occurs across socially salient cleavages. Two types of divisions in particular shape different identity categories across electoral districts throughout the country: sect and origin. Here in particular, not much has changed compared to the… https://t.co/tb9lby81Abtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Third, in addition to the salience of identity, ideological movements and groups (what @LucianoZaccara, @henky74, & @courtneyfreer describe as "proto-parties") participate actively in electoral politics. It would be a mistake to use these ideological labels as fixed categories… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Candidates running with the support of Sunni Islamist ideological movements performed as well as they did in 2022. Of note, candidates running with the support of what @courtneyfreer and others describe as Shia Islamist movements performed poorly. But overall, not much has… https://t.co/cwkIEPvvFQtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Last, what will the results mean for legislative-executive relations? It is still too early to tell. I've written before that the vexed category of opposition is difficult to measure precisely in Kuwait - and in many similar hybrid regimes. The 10 new MPs will likely play an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…