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This government held elections on 30 January 2005 to begin the process of writing a constitution. International groups and the formerly excluded factions claimed that the January 2005 elections were the first free elections in Iraq's history, with a fair representation of all groups. This is in stark contrast to previous elections.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 10 October 2021. [1] The elections determined the 329 members of the Council of Representatives who in turn elected the Iraqi president and confirmed the prime minister. 25 million voters are eligible to take part in Iraq's fifth parliamentary election since the 2003 US-led invasion and the first since the 2019 Iraqi October Revolution. [2]
The Iraqi presidential election of 2022 was held on 13 October 2022 to elect by indirect suffrage the President of Iraq for a four-year term. The position is largely ceremonial, with Iraq being a parliamentary system. Outgoing President Barham Salih was eligible for re-election, but was beaten in the second round by Abdul Latif Rashid. [1]
Iraq’s first provincial elections in a decade saw a relatively low turnout and largely benefitted traditional parties, according to results announced Tuesday by the country’s election authorities.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraqis were voting on Monday in the first provincial council elections in a decade, with the ruling Shi'ite Muslim alliance likely to extend its grip on power amid a boycott by ...
As a result, the 2021 parliamentary elections were held using single non-transferable vote in 83 multi-member constituencies. [3] The distribution of electoral districts in each governorate relies on the number of quota seats for women multiplied by three or five seats for the electoral district depending on the governate's population.
Prior to the election, the Supreme Court in Iraq ruled that the existing electoral law/rule was unconstitutional, [22] and a new elections law made changes in the electoral system. [23] On 15 January 2010, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) banned 499 candidates from the election due to alleged links with the Ba'ath Party. [24]
Most notably, the verdict included dismantling the 11 seats reserved for minorities, reducing the parliamentary seats from 111 to 100, and designating the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to oversee the elections instead of Kurdistan Region’s electoral commission, as well as redefining the region’s electoral system.