General elections were held in Kuwait on 28 March 1958.[1] Voters elected 55 members of a new advisory council. However, due to a dispute with the government, the new council was never convened.
Background
Following two elections in 1938 and a dispute between Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the elected Legislative Council, the sheikh dissolved the council in March 1939 and replaced it with a fully-appointed advisory council. However, the council ceased meeting in July 1940 after an investigation into the treasury's accounts.[2]
In 1954 a petition was circulated calling for an elected council.[3] Four years later Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, who had been involved in the creation of the original Legislative Council, held elections for a new advisory council.[3]
Following the elections, the government demanded that three of the elected members resign from their posts. As a result, the newly elected council never met.[3] The sheikh appointed members to a new Supreme Council the following year and in 1961 elections to a constitutional convention were held.[3]
