2001 Kurdistan Region municipal elections

The Kurdistan Region municipal elections, 2001 were held on May 26, 2001http://old.krg.org/docs/municipal-elections-may-2001.asp Following are the results of the Municipal Elections conducted in Kurdistan Region on 26 May 2001 5 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110727002508/http://old.krg.org/docs/municipal-elections-may-2001.asp 27 July 2011 dead in the territories of Kurdistan which were under control of Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), after the KDP's main rival, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) had held municipal elections in the territories they controlled, in February 2000.http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2010/7/state4022.htm Are elections in Kurdistan Region democratic? 2011-02-05 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234139/http://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2010/7/state4022.htm dead Aside from the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party, another 14 political parties and a total of 1,000 candidates participated for 571 posts, in 85 municipalities. To ensure the elections were fair, a committee was established to observe the elections, which included United Nations staff.A No-Fly, Yes-Democracy Zone These local and foreign observes concluded the elections were generally fair.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/iraq.htm Iraqi law, legal research, human rights 2011-02-05 2013-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214111518/http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/iraq.htm dead thumb|right|300px|Territory controlled by the KDP after the Kurdish Civil War (1994-1998) The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which won a majority in every single municipality and a total of 81% of the votes. A distant second place was the Kurdistan Islamic Union. A total of 22 women were elected into local councils. All mayor positions were won by the KDP. Results: HawlerDahukTotalEligible voters: 559,304 327,190 886,494Ballots cast: 422,912 277,944 700,856Turnout:75.6%%85.0%79.0%Votes for the KDP:322,343245,160567,503Percentage for the KDP:76.2%88.2%81.0% References Category:2001 elections in Iraq Category:2001 in Iraqi Kurdistan 2001 Category:May 2001 in Iraq