Kuwait election sees two-thirds of parliament lose seats

A woman casts her vote for parliamentary elections in Kuwait (Jaber Abdulkhaleg/AP)

Kuwaitis have elected a new parliament in an election which saw two-thirds of politicians and the country’s only woman legislator lose their seats, election results released on Sunday showed.

The direction that the new 50-seat National Assembly will take remains unclear as 21 of them will become first-time legislators when they are sworn in on December 15.