2024 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

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Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, 2024
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  2018 20 October 2024

Total of 100 seats of the Kurdistan Region Parliament
51 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Nechirvan Barzani 2019.jpg B Talebani.jpg Shaswar Abdulwahid.jpg
Leader Nechirvan Barzani Bafel Talabani Shaswar Abdulwahid
Party KDP PUK NGM
Last election45218
Seats after392315
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 6Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 7
popular vote809,197408,141290,991

Prime Minister before election

Masrour Barzani
KDP

Elected Prime Minister

Masrour Barzani
KDP

The 2024 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election was held on 20 October 2024. [1] Seats to the Kurdistan Region Parliament are being elected. [2] The results of the elections were announced on 21 October 2024, by the Independent High Electoral Commission in Baghdad. [3]

Contents

Background

The 2024 parliamentary elections were held after a two year delay. In February 2024, the Supreme Court of Iraq issued a verdict revoking and amending a number articles of the Kurdistan Region’s election law (Law No. 1, 1992). Most notably, the verdict included dismantling the 11 seats reserved for minorities, reducing the parliamentary seats from 111 to 100, and designating the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to oversee the elections instead of Kurdistan Region’s electoral commission, as well as redefining the region’s electoral system. [4] [5] The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council's elections branch subsequently ordered IHEC to allocate five out of 100 seats to minorities; [6] [7] [8] three to Christians (2 Assyrian, 1 Armenian) and two to Turkmen. [9] Women must comprise at least 30% of elected members.

In terms of the changes to the electoral system, the verdict redefined the law so that members are elected by open-list proportional representation using the Hare quota in four electoral districts corresponding to the region's four governorates, instead of one district: [10] [5] Duhok, Erbil, Halabja and Sulaymaniyah. [11]

Participation

There are 2,899,578 eligible voters. [11] A total of two alliances, 13 parties and 124 independent candidates took part in the election. [11]

Results

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Kurdistan Democratic Party 809,19743.15Decrease2.svg 0.9539Decrease2.svg 6
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 408,14121.77Increase2.svg 1.2723Increase2.svg 2
New Generation 290,99115.52Increase2.svg 7.3215Increase2.svg 7
Kurdistan Islamic Union 116,9816.24Increase2.svg 1.147Increase2.svg 2
Kurdistan Justice Group 64,7103.45Decrease2.svg 3.553Decrease2.svg 4
Helwest Movement 55,7752.97New4New
People's Front 33,3651.78New2New
Kurdistan Region Coalition 13,1990.70Decrease2.svg 0.81Decrease2.svg 1
Gorran Movement 11,6210.62Decrease2.svg 11.381Decrease2.svg 11
Babylon Movement 7,3990.39Quota1New
Sardam Coalition 6,1630.33New0
Kurdistan Islamic Movement 5,5030.29New0
Turkmen Reform Party (Muna Kahveci)3,6640.20Quota1Steady2.svg 0
Kurdistan Islamic Relations Movement 1,7990.10New0
Iraqi Turkmen Front 1,7250.09New0Decrease2.svg 1
National Coalition 1,2280.07New0
Independents43,7292.333
Total1,875,190100.00100
Registered voters/turnout2,899,57872%
Source: Kurdistan24 (1, 2) Shafaq, Reuters Rûdaw IHEC

Special votes

On 18 October a "Special voting" round took place for members of the ministries of Peshmerga and Internal Security. [12] with 215,560 eligible voters and 208,521 votes cast (a turnout of 97%). [13] [ clarification needed ] The votes were counted from 21:00 to 23:00 GMT+3, on 18 October 2024. [14]


Results

PartyVotes%
Kurdistan Democratic Party 82,97947.66
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 51,34529.49
New Generation Movement 11,2076.44
Kurdistan Islamic Union 2,8851.66
National Stance Movement 2,4921.43
Kurdistan Justice Group 2,3911.37
People's Front 2,1101.21
Babylon Movement 8440.48
Gorran Movement 7050.40
Kurdistan Region Coalition 3110.18
National Coalition 440.03
Other16,7949.65
Total174,107100.00
Valid votes174,10786.73
Invalid/blank votes26,64613.27
Total votes200,753100.00
Registered voters/turnout215,56093.13
Source: Rûdaw

Parties

Liberals and centre-left:

Leftists:

Islamists:

Secular Conservatives and Centre-Right:

Minorities:

Technical difficulties

The election used electronic voting ballot machines which often malfunctioned and failed to detect voters' fingerprints. [15] In Erbil, a number of would-be voters were unable to participate due to the issue. [16]

References

  1. "Iraq's Kurdistan region to hold delayed parliamentary election on Oct. 20". 26 June 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. "Kurdistan Region President sets June 10th for parliamentary elections". Kurdistan 24. 3 March 2024.
  3. "The preliminary results of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament elections Iraq - 2024". ihec.iq.
  4. "The Federal Court issues a verdict revoking some of the articles of the Kurdistan Parliament Election Law". Federal Supreme Court of Iraq.
  5. 1 2 "Iraq's Kurdistan region to hold delayed parliamentary election on Oct. 20". Reuters . 26 June 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  6. "Documents.. The Iraqi judiciary grants the region's minorities 5 seats in the Kurdistan Parliament out of 100". ShafaqNews.
  7. "Kurdistan minorities allocated five seats in parliament". Rudaw.
  8. "Kurdistan Region to hold parliamentary elections October 20". 26 June 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  9. Menmy, Dana Taib (2024-06-26). "Iraqi Kurdistan sets October 20 for crucial parliamentary elections after delays" . Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  10. Seat Distribution and Replacement of Members for the Kurdistan Regional Parliament - Iraq No. (9) of 2024 - IHEC
  11. 1 2 3 "Iraqi Kurdistan prepares for October elections amid simmering political tensions and Turkey's military offensive". 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  12. "IHEC: 98% voter turnout in special voting for Kurdistan parliament elections". Shafaq News. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  13. "Kurdistan Region holds successful special voting for parliamentary elections". Kurdistan24.
  14. ".ئەنجامە بەراییەکانی دەنگدانی تایبەت" [The results of the Special votes cast.]. Rudaw.
  15. "Thousands of fingerprints not read in Kurdistan election early voting". 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  16. "Iraq's Kurdish region goes to the polls with a flagging economy and political infighting top of mind". ABCnews.