Kuwaiti men arrive to cast their votes during parliamentary election in a polling station in Kuwait City, Kuwait November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaitis voted on Saturday in an election energised by the participation of opposition candidates for the first time since 2012 and focused on recent government austerity measures aimed at tackling the oil-rich nation's deficit.
The parliament of Western-allied Kuwait was due to run until July 2017, but the emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, dissolved it in October, saying "security challenges" in the region - an apparent reference to wars in Iraq and Syria - should be met by consulting the popular will.
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