It comes as relations between the global sports world and Kuwaiti authorities continue to deteriorate.

A suspension imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Government interference has already led to the Gulf state being ostracised from international sporting events.

Athletes from Kuwait were able to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympics only independently under the Olympic Flag and, after an United Nations-brokered meeting had failed to find a solution, a new law was introduced giving the Government the power to dissolve all sporting bodies.

The Kuwait Olympic Committee has already been dissolved in this way along with national governing bodies for football, swimming, handball, basketball and judo.

All nine bodies have been replaced by "Interim Committees" led by figures seen as loyal to the Sports Ministry.

None are recognised by the IOC or by relevant International Federations.

It is now expected that more will be affected in a similar way before the new Parliament is due to convene on December 12.

Both the IOC and FIFA have threatened legal action against the new bodies for alleged violations of branding and independence rules.

Article 11 of the new statutes introduced in June proposed that the Government's Public Sports Authority (PSA) has the power to cancel any decision made by either the Board or General Assembly of the KOC or any club, National Federation or other sporting organisation.

Article 12 gave the PSA permission to dissolve any of these bodies in certain cases, including when it is in the "public interest" to do so.

Among the other statues was a provision, listed as Article 27, which stated: "All sports bodies shall be subject to the supervision and control of the competent Ministry in all administrative, financial and organisational aspects.

"In this respect, the competent Minister shall appoint specialised supervisors to carry out the control."

That individual, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, is seen as being at the heart of the dispute.

Sheikh Salman resigned as head of the Asian Shooting Confederation after standing unsuccessfully against Mexico's Olegario Vazquez Raña to become head of the International Shooting Sport Federation in 2014, an election he lost by 165 votes to 128.

He blamed his cousin, FIFA Executive Committee member and Association of National Olympic Committees President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, for his defeat after it was alleged beforehand that he used his Government position to illegally collect votes.

Sheikh Salman is thought to be keen to speed-up the dissolution of sporting bodies before the new Parliament convenes in case he loses his position.

A large turnout is expected in the vote taking place today in which the opposition is due to participate after boycotting the last two elections.

The last Parliaments were dissolved by the Emir after MPs criticised Ministers over their cuts to services at a time when taxes were rising.

It comes after a 60 per cent fall in oil revenues over the last two years has devastated an economy which has failed to diversify like others in the region.