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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.
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. [2]
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]
General elections were held in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 25 July 2009 to elect a president and the 111 members of the National Assembly.Around 2.5 million people were eligible to vote, [1] although those outside the region were not allowed to vote. [2]
Prior to the election, the Supreme Court in Iraq ruled that the existing electoral law/rule was unconstitutional, [1] and a new elections law made changes in the electoral system. [2] 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. [3]
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The elections took place six months after a non-binding independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, in which 93% voted in favour of independence.In retaliation, the Iraqi government led by Haider al-Abadi closed Erbil International Airport, seized control of all border crossings between Kurdistan and neighbouring countries and, with the help of the Hashd al-Shaabi militias, militarily seized ...
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.