Almost 796,000 people were eligible to vote for the 50 members of the country’s parliament KUWAIT: The people of Kuwait went to the polls on Thursday for the second time in two years. They were choosing the 50 members of the National Assembly, the country’s parliament, from a field of 305 candidates, the Kuwait News Agency reported. Voting began at 8:00 a.m. and continued for 12 hours in all five of Kuwait’s parliamentary constituencies. A total of 795,911 Kuwaitis were eligible to vote and the results were expected to be announced on Friday. The winners are elected to serve a four-year term. However the previous government was dissolved in June last year, just six months into its term.