2014 Kurdistan Region governorate elections

Last updated April 13, 2022

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]

Result

Party		Total Votes	Percentage	Total seats	Party Leader
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	816,654	37,79%	34	Massoud Barzani
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	528,122	24,44%	19	Jalal Talabani
	Movement for Change	490,572	22,70%	17	Nawshirwan Mustafa
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	150,972	6,99%	6	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
	Islamic Group of Kurdistan	113,364	5,25%	4	Ali Bapir
	Other Parties	56,354	2,60%	10	-
Total		2,161,128	100%	90	-
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Arbil Governorate

Party		Total votes	Percentage	Seats	Party Leader
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	372,607	49,31%	12	Massoud Barzani
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	168,603	22,31%	6	Jalal Talabani
	Movement for Change	108,117	14,31%	4	Nawshirwan Mustafa
	Islamic Group of Kurdistan	57,907	7,66%	2	Ali Bapir
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	27,713	3,67%	1	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
	Other parties	19,287	2,57%	5
Total		754,234	100%	30
Sources:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Duhok Governorate

Party		Total votes	Percentage	Seats	Party Leader
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	357,392	71.46%	19	Massoud Barzani
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	62,162	12.43%	3	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	40.796	8,16%	2	Jalal Talabani
	Movement for Change	22,855	4.57%	1	Nawshirwan Mustafa
	Islamic Group of Kurdistan	4.221	0,84%	0	Ali Bapir
	Other parties	16,956	3.39%	3
Total		500.161	100%	28
Sources:^[2]^[3]^[5]

Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Party		Total votes	Percentage	Seats	Party Leader
	Movement for Change	359,600	39.66%	12	Nawshirwan Mustafa
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	318,723	35.15%	11	Jalal Talabani
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	86,655	9.57%	3	Massoud Barzani
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	66,097	7.29%	2	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
	Islamic Group of Kurdistan	55,457	6.12%	2	Ali Bapir
	Kurdistan Alliance	10,512	1.16%	1
	Other parties	9,599	1.06%	1
Total		906,643	100%	32
Sources:^[3]^[2]^[6]

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v t e Elections and referendums in Kurdistan Region
Parliamentary elections	1992 2005 2009 2013 2018
Presidential elections	1992 2009
Governorate elections	2005 2014
Municipal elections	2000 2001
Referendums	2005 2017 Kirkuk status
See also: Elections and referendums in Iraq