2005 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, 2005

30 January 2005
Total of 111 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly 56 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nechervan Barzani Ali Bapir Party DPAK IGK Last election 100 0 Seats won 104 6 Seat change 4 6 Popular vote 1,570,663 85,237 Percentage 89.55% 4.86%
Prime Minister before election Nechervan Barzani (KDP) Omar Hussein (PUK) Elected Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani KDP

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.

Results

Electoral Alliance	Votes		Seats	Leaders
	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

Voting Breakdown by Governorate

Governorate	Votes
Arbil	636,247
Dohuk	378,990
Silemani	738,682

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.

References

• Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq