1992 Kurdistan Region general election

none Kurdistan Region 19 May 1992 yes presidential Presidential election 2009 Kurdistan Region general election 2009 Mesud Barzani.jpg Massoud Barzani Kurdistan Democratic Party 466,819 48.09% Jalal Talabani.jpg Jalal Talabani Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 423,833 43.82% President NonePosition abolished yes National Assembly election All 105 seats in the Kurdistan National Assembly 53 2005 yes Massoud Barzani Kurdistan Democratic Party 51 45.27 Jalal Talabani Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 49 43.82 Assyrian seats Ninos Pithyou Assyrian Democratic Movement 4 54.66 Sarkis Aghajan KCU 1 23.03 1992 Kurdistan Region National Assembly election - Results by governorate.svg Results by governorate Prime Minister Fuad Masum Patriotic Union of Kurdistan The 1992 Kurdistan Region general election was held in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 19 May 1992 to elect the president and the 105 members of the Kurdistan National Assembly. It was the first free and fair election in the history of the Kurdistan Region, held just one year after the 1991 Kurdish uprisings against the Ba’ath regime.History of Parliament https://www.parliament.krd/english/about-parliament/history-of-parliament/ 2026-04-15 Kurdistan Parliament - Iraq en The elections had initially been planned for 16 May,2004 Chronology for Kurds in Iraq https://www.refworld.org/docid/469f38a6c.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20130920104437/www.refworld.org/docid/469f38a6c.html 20 September 2013 22 January 2025 UNHCR Minorities at Risk Project but were delayed due to concerns about ink smudging, which could have led to voter fraud.Randal Jonathan C 16 May 1992 Fading ink delays Iraqi Kurds' vote https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/05/17/fading-ink-delays-iraqi-kurds-vote/413bd4ec-d024-421b-a01e-cd3652f219e1/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20250122125814/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/05/17/fading-ink-delays-iraqi-kurds-vote/413bd4ec-d024-421b-a01e-cd3652f219e1/ 22 January 2025 22 January 2025 The Washington Post The elections took place under the protection of a no-fly zone established by many countries, including the US, UK, and France. Presidential election In the first round of the presidential election, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Massoud Barzani received slightly more votes than his main rival, Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). With neither candidate receiving an absolute majority of the vote,The 2009 Kurdish Elections https://web.archive.org/web/20260625155804/https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/KurdishElections.pdf , July 23, 2009 a second round was scheduled to be held. However, both leaders feared they might lose in a run-off, so the second round was never held, and the Kurdistan Regional Government decided to proceed without a president.Galbraith, Peter (2006), The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End; Simon and Schuster. 0-7432-9423-8 Instead they established an eight-member Presidency Council consisting of four members from each party.Page 3 Parliamentary election The Kurdistan National Assembly election resulted in a narrow victory for the KDP, which won 51 seats, while the PUK-led alliance won 49 seats. However, due to fraud allegations, the KDP gave up one seat to the PUK so that each party would hold 50 seats. The two parties then proceeded to form a unity government.2025-05-19 Thirty-three years pass since first parliamentary elections in Kurdistan Region https://en.964media.com/36149/ 2026-04-15 964media en-USParl http://www.knn.u-net.com/parlim~1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162533/http://www.knn.u-net.com/parlim~1.htm 2014-07-14 2026-04-15 www.knn.u-net.com On 4 June 1992, KDP Secretary General Jawhar Namiq Salim was elected Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly and prominent PUK member Fuad Masum was elected Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region. The Kurdistan National Assembly convened for the first time on 15 July 1992 and passed Law No. 1, which established the Assembly as the region’s legislature. Aftermath The government lasted until May 1994, when the Kurdish Civil War broke out. The war lasted until 1998, after which the Kurdistan Region was divided into a PUK-controlled zone in the southeast and a KDP-controlled zone in the northwest. Due to the civil war in the region, no new elections were held until 2005. The first term of parliament, which was supposed to last three years, ended up lasting 10 years, from 1992 to 2002. The next election was held in 2005, alongside the Iraqi parliamentary election.Kurdistan24 2024-10-18 Glance at parliamentary election history in Kurdistan Region https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/806754/slug 2026-04-15 Glance at parliamentary election history in Kurdistan Region en Electoral system The president was elected using the two-round system; if no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round would be held. Of the 105 seats in the National Assembly, 100 were general seats elected by proportional representation with a 7% electoral threshold. Five seats were reserved for the Assyrian minority. There were 178 polling stations.Iraqi Kurdistan Political Development and Emergent Democracy By Gareth R V Stansfield, Inc NetLibrary. page 129. Conduct The elections were described as free and fair by international observers.Backer Ralf Ofteringer Ronald April 1994 A Republic of Statelessness https://merip.org/1994/03/a-republic-of-statelessness/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20220702061431/https://merip.org/1994/03/a-republic-of-statelessness/ 2 July 2022 22 January 2025 Middle East Research and Information Project 187-188 (March/April 1994)O'Leary Carole A December 2002 The Kurds of Iraq: Recent History, Future Prospects https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/meria/meria02_olc01.html Middle East Review of International Affairs 6 4 Columbia University Amnesty International reports that some smaller parties alleged irregularities.https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde14/001/1995/en/ Iraq: Human rights abuses in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1991 28 February 1995 Amnesty International 16 EN 22 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20200102123750/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde14/001/1995/en/ 2 January 2020 live Results President Masoud Barzani Kurdistan Democratic Party 466819 Jalal Talabani Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 441057 Osman Abdulaziz Kurdistan Islamic Movement 38865 Mahmoud Othman Kurdistan Socialist Party 23309 12599 Wanche, Dahlman National Assembly Kurdistan Democratic Party 437879 51 Patriotic Union of KurdistanIncluding the Struggle Party and the Kurdistan Toilers' Party, which won four seatshttp://www.knn.u-net.com/parlim~1.htm July 2026 423833 49 Kurdistan Islamic Movement 49108 0 Kurdistan Socialist Party 24882 0 Iraqi Communist Party 21123 0 Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party 9903 0 Independent Democrats 501 0 4724 y Assyrian seats Assyrian Democratic Movement 6543 4 Kurdistan Christian Unity 2757 1 Khaldu-Ashur Communist Party 2134 0 Democratic Christians 537 0 Dahlman By governorate Dahuk Governorate Kurdistan Democratic Party 168683 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 15184 Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party 6051 Kurdistan Islamic Movement 3874 Kurdistan Socialist Party 1983 Iraqi Communist Party 1546 Independent Democrats 49 Note: Dahuk included the Aqrah and Shekhan Districts which were officially part of Nineveh Governorate. Erbil Governorate Kurdistan Democratic Party 152143 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 148352 Kurdistan Islamic Movement 11092 Iraqi Communist Party 11047 Kurdistan Socialist Party 8883 Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party 2101 Independent Democrats 184 Note: The Makhmour district was at this time still under control of the Iraqi government, no elections were held there. As Sulaymaniya Governorate Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 207168 Kurdistan Democratic Party 92449 Kurdistan Islamic Movement 29334 Kurdistan Socialist Party 11978 Iraqi Communist Party 5693 Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party 1118 Independent Democrats 213 Diyala Governorate Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 53129 Kurdistan Democratic Party 24604 Kurdistan Islamic Movement 4808 Iraqi Communist Party 2837 Kurdistan Socialist Party 2038 Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party 663 Independent Democrats 55 Only two areas in the Diyala Governorate were under Kurdish control: Darbandikhan and Khanaqin. 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