2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

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Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, 2013
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Total of 111 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly
56 seats were needed for a majority
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  Nechervan Barzani May 2014 (cropped).jpg Nawshirwan Mustafa (cropped).jpg Barham Salih.jpg
Leader Nechirvan Barzani Nawshirwan Mustafa Barham Salih
Party KDP Gorran PUK
Last election302529
Seats won382418
Seat changeIncrease2.svg8Decrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg11
Popular vote743,984476,736350,500
Percentage37.79 %24.21 %17.80%
Disputed areas in Iraq.svg
Voting took place in the red and purple areas
Prime Minister before election

Nechirvan Barzani
KDP

Elected Prime Minister

Nechirvan Barzani
KDP

The Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections of 2013 took place on 21 September 2013. It was the fourth legislative election 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] A total of 2,653,743 people were eligible to vote throughout the three provinces of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk of which 74% cast their ballots. [3] [4]

Contents

Run-up

The legislative elections together with presidential and provincial were originally planned for September 21. However, in the months leading to the elections the parliament extended Massoud Barzani’s term for another two years. Meanwhile, IHEC delayed the provincial elections until November 21. Under Kurdish Election law political parties were allowed to campaign from August 28 until September 17th, four days before voting. [5] The Peshmerga and police voted on September 19, in order for them to be able to guard the voting polls on September 21. [6] [7]

The election marked the first time the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan were running as individual parties since 1992. The Kurdistan Democratic Party was expected to win the most votes. The party has had a strong backing in the provinces of Duhok and Erbil and no challengers. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan meanwhile was facing competition from the Movement for Change. The Movement for Change had in the previous elections secured a surprising 25 seats in Sulaymaniyah, which had until then been a stronghold for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan also faced uncertainty due to internal conflicts and the absence of its leader Jalal Talabani who was recovering from a stroke.

Clashes

On 5 September, a gunman opened fire on a campaign rally by the Movement for Change in the city of Sulaymaniyah, wounding one person. [8] In the same week, clashes broke out between the opposition Movement for Change and PUK and KDP supporters that led to 12 people, mostly policemen, being wounded. [9]

Notable participating entities

List NoPartyKurdish NameParty Leaders
101 Kurdistan Islamic Movement بزوتنەوەی ئیسلامیی کوردستان
Bizûtinewey Îslamiy Kurdistan		Shaykh Uthman Abd-Aziz
102 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان
Yekêtiy Nîştimaniy Kurdistan		 Jalal Talabani
103 Kurdistan Conservative Party پارتی پارێزگارانی کوردستان
Partî Parêzgaranî Kurdistan		Zaid Surchi
104 Kurdistan Islamic Group کۆمەڵی ئیسلامی کوردستان-عێراق
Komelley Îslamiy Kurdistaê / Îraq		 Ali Bapir
105 Kurdistan Islamic Union یەکگرتووی ئیسلامیی کوردستان
Yekgirtûy Îslamiy Kurdistan		Mohammed Faraj
106Reform and Development Listلیستی چاکسازی و گەشە
Lîstî Çaksazî u Geşe
107 Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq (Freedom List)ئازادی
Partî Azadî		Kamal Shakir
108Future Partyئایندە
Hizbî Ayinde
109 Democratic National Union of Kurdistan یەکێتی نەتەوەیی دیموکراتی کوردستان
Yekêtiy Neteweyiy Dîmukratî Kurdistan
110 Kurdistan Democratic Party پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان
Partî Dîmukratî Kurdistan		 Massoud Barzani
111 Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party حزبی سۆسیالیست دیموکراتی کوردستان
Hizbî Sosyal Dîmukratî Kurdistan		Mohammad Hajji Mahmoud
113 Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party پارتی چارەسەری دیموکراتی کوردستان
Partî Çareserî Dîmukratî Kurdistan		Diyar Gharib and Nadjibeh Umar
115Third Directionئاڕاستەی سێیەم
Arrastey Sêyem
116People'e Rights' Listمافی گەل
Lîstî Mafî Gel
117 Movement for Change گۆڕان
Bizûtinewey Gorran		 Nawshirwan Mustafa
118The Rights of People of Kurdistanلیستی مافەکانی خەڵکی کوردستان
Mafekanî Xellkî Kurdistan
119The Independentsلیستی سەربەخۆکان
Serbexokan
120Turkmen Change and Renewalگۆڕان و نوێبوونەوەی تورکمان
Gorran u Nwêbûnewey Turkman
121Erbil Turkmen Listلیستی ھەولێری تورکمانی
Lîstî Turkmanî Hewlêr
122 Iraqi Turkmen Front بەرەی تورکمانی عێراقی
Berey Turkmanî Êraq		Sadettin Ergeç
123 Turkmen Democratic Movement لیستی بزووتنەوەی دیموکراتی تورکمان
Lîstî Bizûtinewey Dîmukratî Turkman
124Turkmen Development Listلیستی پێشکەوتووی تورکمان
Lîstî Pêşkewtûy Turkman
126 Assyrian Democratic Movement لیستی میسۆپۆتامیا
Kurranî Dû Rûbareke		 Yonadam Kanna
127Chaldean Syriac Assyrian United Listلیستی کۆمەڵەی کلدان و سریان و ئاشوورییەکان
Girdbûnewey Kildanî Siryanî Aşûrî		 Sarkis Aghajan

Results

No party won enough votes to form a government outright. The Kurdistan Democratic Party won the most votes in Erbil and Duhok. The province of Sulaymaniyah was heavily divided. The Movement for Change won the second most votes which made it the prime partner for the Kurdistan Democratic Party to form a coalition with. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, unexpectedly, lost more than a third of its seats. [10]

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan announced that it respected the results. Soon after the announcement high-ranking member of the party resigned accepting responsibility for the bad results. [11] Both Islamists and socialists made gains. A total of 77 men and 34 women were elected.

Iraqi Kurdistan parliamentary election 2013 results + minorities.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kurdistan Democratic Party 743,98438.1538+8
Gorran Movement 476,17324.4224–1
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 350,50017.9718–11
Kurdistan Islamic Union 186,7419.5810+4
Kurdistan Islamic Group 118,5756.086+2
Kurdistan Islamic Movement 21,8341.121–1
Kurdistan Social Democratic Party 12,5010.641–1
Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq 12,3920.6410
Kurdistan Toilers' Party 8,6810.451+1
Future Party 3,8680.200–1
Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party 3,6050.180New
Rights of People of Kurdistan2,8170.1400
Kurdistan Conservative Party 2,4200.1200
People's Rights List2,0050.100New
Democratic National Union of Kurdistan 1,7170.0900
Reform and Development List1,3230.070New
The Independents8680.040New
Total1,950,004100.001000
Turkmen minority reserved seats
Turkmen Development List 5,25944.232New
Erbil Turkmen 1,95116.4110
Turkmen Change and Renewal 1,92616.201New
Iraqi Turkmen Front 1,75314.7410
Turkmen Democratic Movement 1,0028.430–3
Total11,891100.0050
Assyrian minority reserved seats
Assyrian Democratic Movement 6,34548.1920
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 5,73043.522–1
Sons of Mesopotamia 1,0918.291New
Total13,166100.0050
Armenian minority reserved seats
Yervant Aminian 53152.371New
Aram Shahin Davud Bakoyan 22722.390–1
Ishkhan Arshak Kevorkian19719.430New
Nubar Siban Gharib Qurban595.820New
Total1,014100.0010
Source: Ekurd, [12] Ishar TV [13]

Results by governorate

Party Silêmanî Hawlêr Dahuk Total
Kurdistan Democratic Party 92,500340,668310,816743,984
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 234,25291,07225,176350,500
Gorran Movement 333,961130,00012,775476,736
Kurdistan Islamic Union 84,08146,00056,660186,741
Kurdistan Islamic Group 67,28546,3004,814118,399
Other6,40152,44833,56692,415
Total:818,480706,488443,8071,968,775

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