Kurdistan Parliament پەرلەمانی كوردستان Perlemanî Kurdistan | |
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 111 Seats in the Assembly |
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Political groups | Parties Represented in Parliament |
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The members of the Kurdistan Region Parliament for Fourth Term were elected on 21 September 2013.
| Party | Name |
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| Kurdistan Democratic Party (38) | Umed Abulrahman Hassan |
| Awaz Hamid Hussain | |
| Edris Ali Islam | |
| Tahssin Ismael Ahmed | |
| Shirin Hassani Ramazan | |
| Zozan Sadig Saed | |
| Seraj Ahmed Muhammed | |
| Shilan Jaafer Ali | |
| Farhan Jawher Qader | |
| Muhammed Sadiq Saed | |
| Madinah Eyob | |
| Hiva Haji Merxan | |
| Vian Abbas Omar | |
| Ari Hamad Abdulrahem | |
| Anas Muhammed Sharif Taher | |
| Bashar Musher Ismael | |
| Jaafar Emaki | |
| Abdullah Jasim Rajab | |
| Ziyad Hussain Abdulkarim | |
| Shamo Shikho Naemo | |
| Abbas Gazali Merxan | |
| Firsat Sofi Ali | |
| Muhammed Ali Yassin | |
| Nazim Kabir Muhammed | |
| Valla Farid Ibrahim | |
| Amina Zakri Saed | |
| Ibrahim Ahmmed Sammo | |
| Bayar Taher Saed | |
| Jamal Ossman Karasol | |
| Hayat Majed Qader | |
| Dilshad Shaeban Qafar | |
| Saleh Bashar Saleh | |
| Shwan Ahmmed Numman | |
| Ali Ali Hallu | |
| Firz Taha Abdukhalq | |
| Mardan Khader Mustafa | |
| Najat Muhammed Abdullah | |
| Vamman Faysal Saleem | |
| Movement for Change (24) | Birzo Majeed |
| Anwar Qader Mustafa | |
| Eyvar Ibrahim Hussain | |
| Pari Salih Hamid | |
| Raboon Maroof | |
| Adel Aziz Shuker | |
| Omar Enayaat | |
| Mahmmud Haji Omar | |
| Biston Fayeq Muhammed | |
| Eyob Abdullah Ismael | |
| Bahar Mahmmud Fatah | |
| Jwan Ismael Aziz | |
| Zulfa Mahmmud Abdullah | |
| Abdulrahman Ali Reza | |
| Fayeq Mustafa Rassul | |
| Munira Osman Ali | |
| Rozha Mahmmud Ossman | |
| Umid Hama Ali | |
| Perwa Ali Hama Muhammed | |
| Hassan Salih Muhammed | |
| Shirko Hama Amin | |
| Ali Hama Salih | |
| Qahrama Qadir Fatah | |
| Yousif Muhammed | |
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (18) | Daler Mustafa Hassan |
| Pigard Dilshad Shukrallah | |
| Zana Abdullrahman Abdullah | |
| Sarkawt Sarhad Khalifa | |
| Ezzat Sabir Ismael | |
| Gasha Dara Jalal | |
| Rewaz Fayeq Hussain | |
| Talar Latif Muhammed | |
| Salar Mahmmud Murad | |
| Salih Faqih Muhammed | |
| Farhad Hama Salih | |
| Goran Azad Muhammed | |
| Awaz Janki Burhan | |
| Khalaf Ahmmed Maeroof | |
| Saed Muhammed Saed | |
| Abbas Fattah Saleh | |
| Qader Ossman Rassul | |
| Maryam Samed Abdi | |
| Kurdistan Islamic Union (10) | Abubakir Omar Abdullah |
| Bahar Abdulrahman Muhammed | |
| Saham Omar Qader | |
| Omar Saleh Omar | |
| Kazhal Hadi Faqih | |
| Sehrab Mikael Muhammed | |
| Garib Mustafa Hama Khan | |
| Bahzad Darwesh Darwesh | |
| Shirko Jawdat Mustafa | |
| Kanaan Najemdeen Ahmed | |
| Kurdistan Islamic Group (6) | Fakher Aldeen Qader Aref |
| Hussain Ismael Hussain | |
| Soran Omar | |
| Najeba Latef Ahmed | |
| Shukriyah Ismael Mustafa | |
| Hawraman Hama Shareef Hama Rashid | |
| Kurdistan Islamic Movement (1) | Omar Mustafa Bawa Meer |
| Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party (1) | Abdullah Mahmmud Muhammed |
| Azadi List (1) | Abdulrahman Fares Abdulrahman |
| Kurdistan Toilers' Party (1) | Bapir Kaka Mala Sleman |
| Party | Name |
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| Turkmen Development List (2) | Jawdat Jarjis Latif Fatah |
| Muna Nabi Nadir | |
| Erbil Turkmen (1) | AMajed Ousman Tofiq Sleman |
| Advance Turkman (1) | Mani Nabi Nadir Abdullah |
| Iraqi Turkmen Front (1) | Aydn Maruf Salim Ahmad |
| Party | Name |
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| Al-Rafidain List (2) | Lina Azarya Bahram Shabu |
| Yaqub Gorgis Yaqo Klya | |
| Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council (2) | Kamal Yalda Marquez Dmjnos |
| Wahed Yako Hormuz | |
| Sons of Mesopotamia (1) | Surod Saleem Mutta Yousef |
| Party | Name |
|---|---|
| Armenian list (1) | Burwant Nissan Markus Butres |
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| Parliamentary elections | |
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| Presidential elections | |
| Governorate elections | |
| Municipal elections | |
| Referendums | |
See also: Elections and referendums in Iraq | |
