2014 Kurdistan Region governorate elections

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2014 Kurdistan Region governorate elections
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April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30)

Aggregate 81 seats to the three Kurdistan Region governorates councils
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Mesud Barzani.jpg Jalal Talabani.jpg Nawshirwan Mustafa (cropped).jpg
Leader Massoud Barzani Jalal Talabani Nawshirwan Mustafa
Party KDP PUK Gorran
Last election61 seat
42.07%
48 seats
43.43%
Seats won341917
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 27Decrease2.svg 29Increase2.svg 17
Popular vote816,654528,122490,572
Percentage37,79%24.44%22.70%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.28%Decrease2.svg 18.99%Increase2.svg 22.70%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Leader Mohammed Faraj Ali Bapir
Party KIU KIG
Last election10 seats
7.56%
4 seats
Seats won64
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 40
Popular vote155,972117,848
Percentage6.99%5.53%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.57%0%

The Kurdistan Region Governorate elections were held on 30 April 2014. The elections for the three Kurdish governorates coincided with the elections for Iraqi parliament. [1]

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Result

PartyTotal VotesPercentageTotal seatsParty Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party 816,65437,79%34 Massoud Barzani
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 528,12224,44%19 Jalal Talabani
Movement for Change 490,57222,70%17 Nawshirwan Mustafa
Kurdistan Islamic Union 150,9726,99%6 Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
Islamic Group of Kurdistan 113,3645,25%4 Ali Bapir
Other Parties56,3542,60%10-
Total2,161,128100%90-
Sources: [2]

Erbil Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party 372,60749.31%12 Massoud Barzani
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 168,60322.31%6 Jalal Talabani
Movement for Change 108,11714.31%4 Nawshirwan Mustafa
Islamic Group of Kurdistan 57,9077.66%2 Ali Bapir
Kurdistan Islamic Union 27,7133.67%1 Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
Other parties19,2872.57%5
Total754,234100%30
Sources: [2] [3] [4]

Duhok Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party 357,39271.46%19 Massoud Barzani
Kurdistan Islamic Union 62,16212.43%3 Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 40.7968.16%2 Jalal Talabani
Movement for Change 22,8554.57%1 Nawshirwan Mustafa
Islamic Group of Kurdistan 4.2210.84%0 Ali Bapir
Other parties16,9563.39%3
Total500.161100%28
Sources: [2] [3] [5]

Sulaymaniyah Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Movement for Change 359,60039.66%12 Nawshirwan Mustafa
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 318,72335.15%11 Jalal Talabani
Kurdistan Democratic Party 86,6559.57%3 Massoud Barzani
Kurdistan Islamic Union 66,0977.29%2 Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
Islamic Group of Kurdistan 55,4576.12%2 Ali Bapir
Kurdistan Alliance10,5121.16%1
Other parties9,5991.06%1
Total906,643100%32
Sources: [3] [2] [6]

References

  1. "Iraq's Kurds Keep One Eye on Iraqi Elections, Another on Local Polls". Rudaw. April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "IHEC announces Kurdistan provincial election results | BAS NEWS". Archived from the original on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  3. 1 2 3 "Results". Rudaw.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)