Opposition retain majority in Kuwait vote; just one woman elected

People stand in line to cast their votes in National Assembly elections at a religious school in Sabahiya district, Kuwait [Jaber Abdulkhaleg/AP]

Opposition lawmakers have nabbed the majority of seats in Kuwait’s parliament, in the Gulf country’s third election in the last three years.

Tuesday’s snap election took place amid a long-running political crisis that has seen parliament repeatedly dissolved due to a feud between the government and lawmakers that has hampered fiscal reforms.