Not always, and certainly not certainly. Specifically I bet the reformers get more seats than the islamists in this election. And if you're right, how did women get the vote in the first place? Parliament had to pass the law.
** KUWAIT (Reuters) - Women failed to win any seat in their first attempt to compete in a Kuwaiti parliamentary election, edged by powerful Islamist and other pro-reform ex-MPs who swept the poll, results showed on Friday.
Analysts and newspapers said a strong showing by the opposition -- a loose coalition of pro-reform ex-MPs, Islamists and liberals -- raises the possibility of deeper tension between the new assembly and the government. **
Islamist = Jihadist.