Kuwait - KUNA
Six parliamentary candidates have withdrawn from the July 27 election, decreasing the number of candidates to 398, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry\'s public authority for elections said, in a press statement, two candidates in the second constituency quit the race; another one in the third constituency, two in the fourth constituency and one in the fifth constituency also decided to withdraw from the election. The number of the campaigners pulling out of the elections has reached 20 as of yet.