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  "id": "kw-political-parties",
  "name": "Kuwait — Political Parties",
  "title": "Kuwait — Political Parties",
  "description": "Political parties of Kuwait from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).",
  "category": "politics",
  "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 11,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "partyfacts_id",
      "label": "Partyfacts Id",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_short",
      "label": "Name Short",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name",
      "label": "Name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_english",
      "label": "Name English",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_other",
      "label": "Name Other",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_first",
      "label": "Year First",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_last",
      "label": "Year Last",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share",
      "label": "Share",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share_year",
      "label": "Share Year",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "wikipedia",
      "label": "Wikipedia",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "description",
      "label": "Description",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "comment",
      "label": "Comment",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "technical",
      "label": "Technical",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7457,
      "name_short": "Si",
      "name": "Sunni Islamists",
      "name_english": "Sunni Islamists [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2008,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 76.2,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Kuwaiti_general_election",
      "description": "16 of 21 seats in 2008 Kuwaiti general election.",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7458,
      "name_short": "I",
      "name": "Islamists",
      "name_english": "Islamists [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2003,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 42,
      "share_year": 2003,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Kuwaiti_general_election",
      "description": "21 of 50 seats in 2003_Kuwaiti_general_election. // Consists of Sunni and Shia people (source: Wikipedia).",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7454,
      "name_short": "PG",
      "name": "Pro-Government",
      "name_english": "Pro-Government [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1963,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 38,
      "share_year": 1963,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Kuwaiti_general_election",
      "description": "19 of 50 seats in 1963 Kuwaiti general election. // Consists of some tribal groups and merchants (source: Nohlen).",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7450,
      "name_short": "MG",
      "name": "Merchants",
      "name_english": "Merchants [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1961,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 32.3,
      "share_year": 1961,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Kuwaiti_Constitutional_Convention_election",
      "description": "10 of 31 seats in 1961 Kuwaiti Constitutional Convention election.",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5276,
      "name_short": "NDA",
      "name": "National Democratic Alliance",
      "name_english": "National Democratic Alliance",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1992,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 26,
      "share_year": 1991,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(Kuwait)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7451,
      "name_short": "L",
      "name": "Liberals",
      "name_english": "Liberals [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1961,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 16.1,
      "share_year": 1961,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Kuwaiti_Constitutional_Convention_election",
      "description": "5 of 31 seats in 1961 Kuwaiti Constitutional Convention election.",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7456,
      "name_short": "SO",
      "name": "Secular Opposition",
      "name_english": "Secular Opposition [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1963,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 16,
      "share_year": 1963,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Kuwaiti_general_election",
      "description": "8 of 50 seats in 1963_Kuwaiti_general_election. // Consists of Arab nationalist, National Alliance, Kuwait Democratic Forum etc. (source: Nohlen).",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7455,
      "name_short": "Su",
      "name": "Sunni",
      "name_english": "Sunni Religious [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1963,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 13,
      "share_year": 1971,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Kuwaiti_general_election",
      "description": "7 of 50 seats in 1971 Kuwaiti general election. // Consists of Islamic Constitutional, Movement, Islamic Popular Grouping etc. (source: Nohlen).",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5275,
      "name_short": "PAB",
      "name": "Popular Action Bloc",
      "name_english": "Popular Action Bloc",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1992,
      "year_last": 2012,
      "share": 12,
      "share_year": 2007,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Action_Bloc",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7452,
      "name_short": "TCTG",
      "name": "Tribal candidates // Tribal groups",
      "name_english": "Tribal candidates // Tribal groups [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1961,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 9.7,
      "share_year": 1961,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Kuwaiti_Constitutional_Convention_election",
      "description": "3 of 31 seats in 1961 Kuwaiti Constitutional Convention election.",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7453,
      "name_short": "Sh",
      "name": "Shi'ite",
      "name_english": "Shi'ite Religious [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1961,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 6.5,
      "share_year": 1961,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Kuwaiti_Constitutional_Convention_election",
      "description": "2 of 31 seats in 1961 Kuwaiti Constitutional Convention election. // Consists of National Islamic Coalition etc. (source: Nohlen).",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Kuwait — Political Parties - Free Download",
    "description": "Political parties of Kuwait from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 11 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Kuwait — Political Parties | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Kuwait — Political Parties dataset with 11 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 11 records with 13 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata"
    ]
  }
}