2018 Iraqi presidential election

2018 Iraqi presidential election

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329 members of the Council of Representatives
Candidate Barham Salih Fuad Hussein Party Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Kurdistan Democratic Party Indirect vote 219 22 Percentage 90.87% 9.13%
First round   Barham Salih: 165 seats   Fuad Hussein: 89 seats   Sarwa Abdel Wahid: 18 seats   Abbas Mohammed Nouri: 4 seats   Nawar Saad Al-Mulla: 2 seats   Munqith Abdul Latif Al-Saffa: 2 seats   Thaer Ghanem: 1 seat Second round   Barham Salih: 219 seats   Fuad Hussein: 22 seats
President before election Fuad Masum PUK Elected President Barham Salih PUK

Presidential elections were held in Iraq on 2 October 2018 to elect the President of Iraq for a four-year term via indirect suffrage by the Council of Representatives. ^[1] The result was a win for Barham Salih, who received 219 votes. ^[2] The position is largely ceremonial, with Iraq being a parliamentary system.

There were 31 candidates for the election, with only seven being approved to run. ^[3]

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Barham Salih	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	165	58.72	219	90.87
	Fuad Hussein	Kurdistan Democratic Party	89	31.67	22	9.13
	Sarwa Abdel Wahid	Independent	18	6.41
	Abbas Mohammed Nouri		4	1.42
	Nawar Saad Al-Mulla		2	0.71
	Munqith Abdul Latif Al-Saffa		2	0.71
	Thaer Ghanem		1	0.36
Total			281	100.00	241	100.00
Valid votes			281	93.05	241	88.60
Invalid votes			13	4.30	24	8.82
Blank votes			8	2.65	7	2.57
Total votes			302	100.00	272	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			329	91.79	329	82.67
Source: Parliament of Iraq

References

1. "New Iraq President Barham Saleh names Adel Abdul Mahdi as PM". BBC . 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
2. "Moderate Saleh wins Iraq presidency". The Australian. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
3. "Parl't announces 7 names accepted for presidency nomination". The Baghdad Post. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2025.