Kurdistani Coalition

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Kurdistani Coalition
Hevpeymanîya Kurdistanî
هاوپەیمانی كوردستانی
Leader Abdul Rahman Mustafa [1]
Founded28 September 2019 (28 September 2019) [2]
Preceded by Kurdistan List (2009–2013)
Ideology Kurdish nationalism
Constitutionalism [3]
Kurdish rights [4]
SloganPeaceful reconciliation and implementation of the constitution (Kurdish: Pêkvejiyana aştiyane û cîbicîkirina destûrê) [3]
Council of Representatives of Iraq
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The Kurdistani Coalition or Kurdistan Alliance Party [5] is an electoral coalition founded by the major Kurdish parties of Kurdistan Region to run in the next Iraqi governorate elections. The coalition will run in the disputed areas between Iraq and Kurdistan Region and Baghdad Governorate to consolidate Kurdish votes. [2] [4] A total of 96 candidates will run as part of the coalition. [6]

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Composition

The original parties are the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Kurdistan Islamic Union, Kurdistan Islamic Movement, Movement for Change, Kurdistan Islamic Group, Communist Party of Kurdistan, Kurdistan Toilers' Party and Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party. [2] [7] New Generation Movement has also been invited to join the coalition [8] who subsequently stated their support for the alliance. [9] On 30 September, leader of the Yazidi Democratic Party Haydar Shesho announced the party's intention to run as part of the coalition in 2020. [10]

On 29 September 2019, the pro-Kurdistan Workers' Party Kurdistan Society Freedom Movement (Tevgera Azadi) initially boycotted the coalition arguing they were not informed about the negotiations. [11] However, on 6 October 2019, the party changed its position and expressed support for the coalition. [12]

As of 6 October 2019, 23 parties have joined the coalition, while the number rose to 30 in late October [13] [14] and include Arab and Turkmen parties. [15] The named parties are:

NameIdeologyEntry [10]
Political parties
Communist Party of Kurdistan Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Revolutionary socialism
Proletarian internationalism 		28 September 2019
Kurdistan Democratic Party Kurdish nationalism
(Right-wing nationalism)
Republicanism
Conservatism
Secularism
Atlanticism 		28 September 2019
Kurdistan Islamic Group Salafism [16] 28 September 2019
Kurdistan Islamic Movement Islamism [17] 28 September 2019
Kurdistan Islamic Union Islamic democracy
Kurdish nationalism
(Religious nationalism)
Religious conservatism [17] 		28 September 2019
Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party Kurdish nationalism
Social democracy 		28 September 2019
Kurdistan Toilers' Party Kurdish nationalism
(Left-wing nationalism)
Progressivism
Social democracy
Socialism 		28 September 2019
Movement for Change Kurdish nationalism
(Liberal nationalism)
Social liberalism
Liberal socialism
Federalism
Regionalism
Secularism 		28 September 2019
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Kurdish nationalism
(State nationalism)
Third way
Progressivism
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Secularism 		28 September 2019
Yazidi Democratic Party Yazidi rights
Minority rights 		30 September 2019
Kurdistan Society's Freedom Movement (Tevgera Azadi) Democratic confederalism
Libertarian socialism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-imperialism 		6 October 2019 [12]
Coalition for Democracy and Justice Anti-corruption
Islamic liberalism
Reformism
Self-determination
Social democracy
Kurdish nationalism 		12 October 2019 [18]

Previous results

Previous results of Kurdish coalition lists:

Governorate 2005 [19] 2009 [20] 2013 % [21]
Diyala Governorate 15.0%49,415
Kirkuk Governorate No election held
Nineveh Governorate 25.5%173,687
Saladin Governorate 4.5%21,373

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