1992 Kurdistan Region presidential election

On May 19, 1992, both Presidential elections and 1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election were held.[1] During the first round Presidential elections Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani won slightly more votes than his main rival Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, however neither won a majority of votes, which was required to become President.[2] Due to both leaders fearing they might lose in a run-off, the second round was never held and the Kurdistan Regional Government decided to move on without a President.[3] Instead they established an 8-man Presidency Council consisting of 4 members of each party.[4]

Kurdistan Region Presidential election, 1992
May 19, 1992
 
Party KDP PUK
Popular vote Unknown Unknown
Percentage Unknown Unknown
President before election

Post-Created

 Elected President

None
Nonpartisan

Meanwhile, they agreed on a power sharing agreement in the Kurdistan Parliament and Council of Ministers. This power sharing agreement broke down in 1994 and resulted in a civil war that lasted until 1998, after which Kurdistan Region was split up in a PUK-controlled zone in the South-East and a KDP-controlled zone in the North-West.[2]

References
  1. Are elections in Kurdistan Region democratic?, 7.7.2010
  2. The 2009 Kurdish Elections, July 23, 2009
  3. Galbraith, Peter (2006), The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End; Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-9423-8
  4. Page 3
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