2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

none Kurdistan Region parliamentary 2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election 2009 2018 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election 2018 All 111 seats in the Kurdistan National Assembly 56 21 September 2013 130x130px Nechervan Barzani May 2014 (cropped).jpg Nechirvan Barzani Kurdistan Democratic Party 30 38 8 743,984 37.79% Nawshirwan_Mustafa_(cropped).jpg Nawshirwan Mustafa Movement for Change 25 24 1 476,736 24.21 % Barham Salih.jpg Barham Salih Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 29 18 11 350,500 17.80% Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani Kurdistan Democratic Party Nechirvan Barzani Kurdistan Democratic Party Disputed areas in Iraq.svg 300px The election took place in the red and pink areas . Parliamentary elections were held in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 21 September 2013. They were the fourth parliamentary elections in Kurdistan Region since 1992. The candidates were competing for a total of 111 seats out of which 11 seats were reserved for minorities.IHEC extends candidate and coalition registration period for parliamentary election in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq http://www.ihec.iq/en/index.php/news/3873.html Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq 17 June 2013 19 September 2013 6 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306101120/http://ihec.iq/en/index.php/news/3873.html dead According to the Iraqi High Electoral Commission, there were 366 female and 736 male candidates for the elections.http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/04092013 Despite Uneven Playing Field, Women Hope for Greater Wins in Kurdistan Polls Rudaw.net 4 September 2013 19 September 2013 A total of 2,653,743 people were eligible to vote throughout the three provinces of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok of which 74% cast their ballots.http://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php/topic,700881.msg6111953.html#msg6111953 تقرير اولي عن مراقبة عملية الاقتراع لانتخابات اقليم كوردستان 2013-09-21 2020-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20200906193959/https://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php/topic,700881.msg6111953.html#msg6111953 deadSharifi Amir The Dialectics of Democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan http://rudaw.net/english/opinion/07102013 Rudaw 11 October 2013 Run-up The legislative elections together with presidential and provincial were originally planned for September 21, but however, in the months leading to the elections the parliament extended Massoud Barzani’s term for another two years. Meanwhile, IHEC delayed the provincial elections until November 21. Under Kurdish election law, political parties were allowed to campaign from August 28 until September 17th, four days before voting.Chomani Kamal Iraqi Kurdistan Elections Could Be Turning Point http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/8/state7303.htm Ekurd Ekurd.net 11 October 2013 12 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131012072032/http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/8/state7303.htm dead The Peshmerga and police voted on September 19, in order for them to be able to guard the voting polls on September 21.https://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-kurd-forces-vote-regional-assembly-104920074.html Iraqi Kurd forces vote for regional assembly Associated Press 19 September 2013 19 September 2013Faruqi Anwar Kurdistan Region: Local Elections Global Impact http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/190920134 Rudaw Rudaw.net 11 October 2013 The election marked the first time the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) were running as individual parties since 1992. The KDP was expected to win the most votes with the party having a strong backing in the provinces of Duhok and Erbil and no challengers. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan meanwhile was facing competition from the Movement for Change. The Movement for Change had in the previous elections secured a surprising 25 seats in Sulaymaniyah, which had until then been a stronghold for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan also faced uncertainty due to internal conflicts and the absence of its leader Jalal Talabani who was recovering from a stroke. Clashes On 5 September, a gunman opened fire on a campaign rally by the Movement for Change in the city of Sulaymaniyah, wounding one person.http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/9/state7322.htm One wounded in attack on Iraqi Kurdistan's opposition party Ekurd.net 6 September 2013 19 September 2013 In the same week, clashes broke out between the opposition Movement for Change and the PUK and KDP supporters that led to 12 people, mostly policemen, being wounded.https://news.yahoo.com/video/twelve-wounded-pre-election-clashes-122236480.html Kurds Clash Pre-Election, 12 Wounded Reuters 6 September 2013 19 September 2013 Notable participating parties List No Party Kurdish Name Party Leaders 101 Kurdistan Islamic Movement بزوتنەوەی ئیسلامیی کوردستانBizûtinewey Îslamiy Kurdistan Shaykh Uthman Abd-Aziz 102 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستانYekêtiy Nîştimaniy Kurdistan Jalal Talabani 103 Kurdistan Conservative Party پارتی پارێزگارانی کوردستانPartî Parêzgaranî Kurdistan Zaid Surchi 104 Kurdistan Islamic Group کۆمەڵی ئیسلامی کوردستان-عێراقKomelley Îslamiy Kurdistaê / Îraq Ali Bapir 105 Kurdistan Islamic Union یەکگرتووی ئیسلامیی کوردستانYekgirtûy Îslamiy Kurdistan Mohammed Faraj 106 Reform and Development List لیستی چاکسازی و گەشەLîstî Çaksazî u Geşe 107 Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq (Freedom List) ئازادیPartî Azadî Kamal Shakir 108 Future Party ئایندەHizbî Ayinde 109 Democratic National Union of Kurdistan یەکێتی نەتەوەیی دیموکراتی کوردستان Yekêtiy Neteweyiy Dîmukratî Kurdistan 110 Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani 111 Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party حزبی سۆسیالیست دیموکراتی کوردستانHizbî Sosyal Dîmukratî Kurdistan Mohammad Hajji Mahmoud 113 Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party پارتی چارەسەری دیموکراتی کوردستان Partî Çareserî Dîmukratî Kurdistan Diyar Gharib and Nadjibeh Umar 115 Third Direction ئاڕاستەی سێیەمArrastey Sêyem 116 People'e Rights' List مافی گەلLîstî Mafî Gel 117 Gorran Movement گۆڕانBizûtinewey Gorran Nawshirwan Mustafa 118 The Rights of People of Kurdistan لیستی مافەکانی خەڵکی کوردستانMafekanî Xellkî Kurdistan 119 The Independents لیستی سەربەخۆکانSerbexokan 120 Turkmen Change and Renewal گۆڕان و نوێبوونەوەی تورکمانGorran u Nwêbûnewey Turkman 121 Erbil Turkmen List لیستی ھەولێری تورکمانیLîstî Turkmanî Hewlêr 122 Iraqi Turkmen Front بەرەی تورکمانی عێراقیBerey Turkmanî Êraq Sadettin Ergeç 123 Turkmen Democratic Movement لیستی بزووتنەوەی دیموکراتی تورکمانLîstî Bizûtinewey Dîmukratî Turkman 124 Turkmen Development List لیستی پێشکەوتووی تورکمانLîstî Pêşkewtûy Turkman 126 Assyrian Democratic Movement لیستی میسۆپۆتامیاKurranî Dû Rûbareke Yonadam Kanna 127 Chaldean Syriac Assyrian United List لیستی کۆمەڵەی کلدان و سریان و ئاشوورییەکانGirdbûnewey Kildanî Siryanî Aşûrî Sarkis Aghajan Results List of members of the Kurdistan Region Parliament (2013–2019) No party won enough votes to form a government outright. The Kurdistan Democratic Party won the most votes in Erbil and Duhok. The province of Sulaymaniyah was heavily divided. The Movement for Change won the second most votes which made it the prime partner for the KDP to form a coalition with. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, unexpectedly, lost more than a third of its seats.KDP promises, Change waits, PUK respects and Islamists appeals preliminary results http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/9/state7354.htm Ekurd Ekurd.net 11 October 2013 3 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171203061526/http://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/9/state7354.htm dead The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan announced that it respected the results and soon after the announcement, a high-ranking member of the party resigned and accepted responsibility for the results.Iraq's First Lady Hero Talabani resigns chairmanship of PUK http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/10/state7362.htm Ekurd Ekurd.net 11 October 2013 6 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200906194203/https://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/10/state7362.htm dead Both Islamists and socialists made gains. A total of 77 men and 34 women were elected. File:Iraqi Kurdistan parliamentary election 2013 results + minorities.svg Kurdistan Democratic Party 743984 38 +8 Gorran Movement 476173 24 –1 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 350500 18 –11 Kurdistan Islamic Union 186741 10 +4 Kurdistan Islamic Group 118575 6 +2 Kurdistan Islamic Movement 21834 1 –1 Kurdistan Social Democratic Party 12501 1 –1 Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq 12392 1 0 Kurdistan Toilers' Party 8681 1 +1 Future Party 3868 0 –1 Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party 3605 0 New Rights of People of Kurdistan 2817 0 0 Kurdistan Conservative Party 2420 0 0 People's Rights List 2005 0 New Democratic National Union of Kurdistan 1717 0 0 Reform and Development List 1323 0 New The Independents 868 0 New 0 y Turkmen minority reserved seats Turkmen Development List 5259 2 New Erbil Turkmen 1951 1 0 Turkmen Change and Renewal 1926 1 New Iraqi Turkmen Front 1753 1 0 Turkmen Democratic Movement 1002 0 –3 0 y Assyrian minority reserved seats Assyrian Democratic Movement 6345 2 0 Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 5730 2 –1 Sons of Mesopotamia 1091 1 New 0 y Armenian minority reserved seats Yervant Aminian 531 1 New Independent Aram Shahin Davud Bakoyan 227 0 –1 Independent Ishkhan Arshak Kevorkian 197 0 New Independent Nubar Siban Gharib Qurban 59 0 New Independent 0 Ekurd,IHEC announced final results of Iraq's Kurdistan Parliamentary elections 2013 http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/10/state7369.htm ekurd ekurd.net 2 October 2013 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143824/http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/10/state7369.htm dead Ishar TVhttps://ishtartv.com/viewarticle,50336.html جدول بأعداد اصوات مرشحي قوائم ابناء شعبنا في انتخابات برلمان اقليم كوردستان وعدد النسب المئوية للقائمة والمرشحين ishtartv.com Results by governorate Party Sulaymaniyah Erbil Dohuk Total Kurdistan Democratic Party 92,500 340,668 310,816 743,984 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 234,252 91,072 25,176 350,500 Gorran Movement 333,961 130,000 12,775 476,736 Kurdistan Islamic Union 84,081 46,000 56,660 186,741 Kurdistan Islamic Group 67,285 46,300 4,814 118,399 Others 6,401 52,448 33,566 92,415 Total: 818,480 706,488 443,807 1,968,775 References 30em External links Official Full results Category:2013 elections in Iraq Category:2013 in Iraqi Kurdistan 2013 Category:September 2013 in Iraq