KUWAIT: Some 55 candidates joined the electoral race on the ninth day of registration yesterday, a month away from parliamentary elections slated for November 26th. The First Constituency yielded the following nine hopefuls: Iman Hayat, Jassim Al-Zayid, Khaled Al-Shuaaib, Abdulhamid Dashti, Abdullah Ibrahim, Adnan Zahid, Ali Shmo, Mubarak Al-Harees and Mohammad Al-Hadiya. Moreover, the Second Constituency produced candidates, who were: Jamaan Al-Harbash, Hussein Al-Hardan, Hamad Al-Mutar, Hmaid Al-Sulaimani, Khaled Al-Shatti, Salman Al-Azmi, Abdullah Al-Bathali and Abdulwahab Al-Jassar.

Meanwhile, six candidates registered in the Third Constituency. They are: Ahmad Al-Fadhl, Saud Al-Samaka, Ammar Asiri, Mohammad Al-Otaibi, Hisham Al-Baghli and Waleed Al-Ghanim. The Fourth Constituency produced the following 12 candidates: Ahmad Al-Rashidi, Bader Al-Mutairi, Hussein Al-Qallaf, Khaled Al-Rashidi, Saud Al-Shuwair, Shaib Al-Muwaizeri, Abdullah Baqer, Falah Awad, Mubarak Al-Walaan, Mohammad Al-Enezi, Nasser Al-Daihani and Nayif Al-Mutairi.

The lion's share of registration occurred in the Fifth Constituency with 20 candidates including; Al-Saifi Al-Ajmi, Bandar Al-Mekrad, Turkey Al-Azmi, Jarrah Al-Enezi, Hassan Ghloum, Khaled Al-Mutairi, Salem Al-Azmi, Saleh Al-Otaibi, Ali Al-Enezi, Fahad Al-Azmi, Majid Al-Mutairi, Mane Al-Ajmi, Mubarak Al-Ajmi, Mohammad Al-Haddad, Mohammad Al-Hajeri, Mohammad Al-Failakawi, Mohammad Al-Otaibi, Mohammad Al-Huwaila, Wedad Al-Qanei and Yousef Ashkanani. As registration closed yesterday, the number of candidates that have hitherto registered now stands at 413, after the withdrawal of one candidate.