ABU DHABI, May 16 – RIA Novosti, Viktor Lebedev. Parliamentary elections will be held on Saturday in Kuwait.

According to the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA, by direct and secret ballot, the residents of the emirate is expected to elect the National Assembly of the 13th convocation of 50 deputies, whose term of office is four years.

According to the agency, the election will be held in the five constituencies. They will be attended by almost 385 thousand people who will make choices based on a list of the 210 registered candidates for deputies.

feature of the current election campaign in the emirate is the predominance among women voters, who have the right to elect and be elected Almost three years ago and during this election campaign, made up over 54% of voters. At the current elections for the parliamentary mandates claim 16 for women. Until now, women have never been represented in the National Assembly, said KUNA.