2005 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election
The Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections of 2005 for the parliament of the Kurdistan Region, were held on 30 January 2005, to coincide with the January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election and elections to the governorate councils. It was the first parliamentary election to be held in Kurdistan Region since 1992.
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Results
| Electoral Alliance | Votes | Seats | Leaders | |
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| Total count | Percent | |||
| Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan | 1,570,663 | 89.55% | 104 | Jalal Talabani, Masoud Barzani |
| Kurdistan Islamic Group | 85,237 | 4.86% | 6 | Ali Bapir |
| Kurdistan Toilers Party and Independents | 20,585 | 1.17% | 1 | Qadir Aziz |
| Kurdistan Democratic Labor Party | 11,748 | 0.67% | 0 | |
| Kurdistan People's Democratic Movement | 10,953 | 0.62% | 0 | |
| Independent List | 10,262 | 0.59% | 0 | |
| Iraqi Republican Group | 9,499 | 0.54% | 0 | |
| Kurdistan Democracy Attainment Party | 9,081 | 0.52% | 0 | |
| Iraqi National Union Front | 8,243 | 0.47% | 0 | |
| Kurdistan Democrats Movement | 6,690 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| Kurdistan Conservative Party | 5,506 | 0.31% | 0 | |
| Iraqi National Brotherhood Party | 3,422 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Kurdistan National Movement | 2,018 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Total votes cast | 1,753,919 | 100% | 111 | |
| Invalid votes | 23,067 | — | ||
- Election data from the Kurdistan National Assembly [1]
Alliance Breakdown
Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan party breakdown:
- Kurdistan Democratic Party - 40
- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - 38
- Kurdistan Islamic Union - 9
- Turkmen Democratic Movement - 4
- Kurdistan Communist Party - 3
- Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party - 2
- Assyrian Democratic Movement- 2
- Chaldean Cultural Society - 1
- Bet Nahrain Democratic Party - 1
- Chaldean Democratic Union Party - 1
- Farmers Movement Party - 1
- Democratic National Union of Kurdistan - 1
- Independent Nouri Talabany - 1
The Kurdish National Assembly did not sit until 4 June 2005.[2]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5D29B813-B4A7-447E-BD8C-28536EE35AF9.htm%5B%5D
| Parliamentary elections | |
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| Presidential elections | |
| Governorate elections | |
| Municipal elections |
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| Referendums | |
See also: Elections and referendums in Iraq | |
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