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Liberal candidates Aseel al-Awadhi and Rula Dashti were also in strong position, while independent candidate Salwa al-Jassar was in fifth position in her district.
All the four women were educated in the United States and hold doctorate degrees in political science, economics and education.
Kuwaiti women, who make up 54.3 percent of the 385,000 eligible voters, were running in the elections for only the third time after they were enfranchised in 2005.
Sixteen female candidates were among the 210 hopefuls standing for the 50-seat parliament.
In the previous two elections no women won seats.
Kuwaitis voted on Saturday to elect their second parliament in a year after Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah dissolved the outgoing parliament in March following a standoff between MPs and the government.
Final results were expected later Sunday.
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All the four women were educated in the United States and hold doctorate degrees in political science, economics and education.
Kuwaiti women, who make up 54.3 percent of the 385,000 eligible voters, were running in the elections for only the third time after they were enfranchised in 2005.
Sixteen female candidates were among the 210 hopefuls standing for the 50-seat parliament.
In the previous two elections no women won seats.
Kuwaitis voted on Saturday to elect their second parliament in a year after Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah dissolved the outgoing parliament in March following a standoff between MPs and the government.
Final results were expected later Sunday.
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