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The 2024 parliamentary elections are set to be held after a two year delay. In February 2024, the Supreme Court of Iraq issued a verdict revoking and amending a number articles of the Kurdistan Region’s election law (Law No. 1, 1992).
General elections were held in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 19 May 1992 to elect the president and the 105 members of the Kurdistan National Assembly.The elections had initially been planned for 16 May, [1] but were delayed due to concerns about ink delibility leading to voter fraud.
They were the fourth parliamentary elections in Kurdistan Region since 1992. The candidates were competing for a total of 111 seats out of which 11 seats were reserved for minorities. [ 1 ] According to the Iraqi High Electoral Commission, there were 366 female and 736 male candidates for the elections. [ 2 ]
Poster for the elections of the Parliament of the Iraqi Kurdistan general election, 2018. Following the end of the Gulf War in 1991, a civil war, mainly between the Erbil and Dohuk-based Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Sulaymaniyah-based Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led to the establishment of two separate Kurdish regional governments.
The Kurdistan Region Governorate elections were held on 30 April 2014. The elections for the three Kurdish governorates coincided with the elections for Iraqi ...
This regional election led to the formation of the first Kurdistan National Assembly (later Kurdistan Region Parliament) and the establishment of the Kurdistan Regional Government. The people of the Kurdistan Region decided to remain part of Iraq, and to adopt and abide by all national laws except for those that violated human and universal rights.
The open list system had been introduced for the 2009 Iraqi governorate elections elsewhere in Iraq, and the decision to stay with a closed list was criticised by members of the Kurdistan National Assembly who argued open lists strengthened the relationship between voters and candidates and reduced corruption. [10]
Parliamentary elections were held in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 30 January 2005 alongside national and governorate elections. They were the first parliamentary elections held in Kurdistan Region since 1992.