Next Iraqi governorate elections

Governorate or provincial elections were scheduled to be held in Iraq on 20 April 2020, to replace the provincial councils in the governorates of Iraq that were elected in the 2013 Iraqi governorate elections and, in Kurdistan Region, in the 2014 elections.[1] The elections were delayed indefinitely in November 2019, amidst demonstrations demanding the end of the existing political system.[2] In the summer of 2020, after protests around the country specifically demanded the dissolution of provincial administrations,[3] the ruling parties decided to postpone any decision on when to hold new provincial elections until after the early parliamentary election planned for October 2021.[4]

Next Iraqi governorate elections
447 seats comprising 14 of the 18 governorates of Iraq
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nouri al-Maliki Ammar al-Hakim Muqtada al-Sadr
Party State of Law Coalition Muwatin Coalition Sadrist Movement
Last election 102 65 60
Colours show the largest list in every governorate
  State of Law Coalition
  Shiite List
  Liberal Coalition
  Muttahidoon
  Kurdistan Alliance
  Independents/Local List
  Elections not held
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References
  1. Kurdistan24. "Iraq's electoral commission postpones local elections until April 2020". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  2. "Iraqi Provincial Council Elections Delayed Indefinitely". NRT. 12 November 2019.
  3. "Iraqi protesters set sights on local governors". Al-Monitor. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. "Al-Fateh Alliance: The return of the provincial councils, which is popularly rejected is left to the Constitutional Amendments Committee". Al Iraq News. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020. (in Arabic)


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