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2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

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The Independent Youth List is headed by Hiwa Abdul-Karim Aziz (known as Hiwa Fryad Ras), a 30-year-old journalist. The list consists of 10 people, made up of lawyers, university teachers and journalists who promised to make the Kurdistan Regional Parliament more active and give more attention to
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Led by Dr. Muhammad Saleh Hama Faraj, who lived in exile in the UK from 1980 to 2008. Dr. Faraj promised to separate government from the political parties, strengthen an independent, non-corrupt and just judiciary, and that if he becomes a member of parliament he will demand a rewrite of the
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This list is led by five well-known Turkmen persons in Erbil: Sherdil Tahsin Arsalan, Ta'fa Rostam Qasab, Thaura Saleh, Nafeh Rostam and Ahtham Abdul Karim. The List wants Kirkuk to be part of the Kurdish region, and they are against Turkey's interference in Turkmen affairs.
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Campaigning for the elections officially started on 22 June 2009 and was to be stopped 48 hours before voting started. The elections were held with 84 registration centers and 5,403 polling stations in Kurdistan Region and 5 polling stations in Baghdad.
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A poll of 1,000 people by the Kurdistan-based Point Organization for Opinion Polls & Strategic Studies found most thought the Change List would pose a serious challenge but 49% thought the Kurdistani List would use "threats and fraud".
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elsewhere in Iraq, and the decision to stay with a closed list was criticised by members of the Kurdistan National Assembly who argued open lists strengthened the relationship between voters and candidates and reduced corruption.
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A tribal affiliated party. It is mostly made of the Surchi clan and is led by Zaid Surchi. The clan has clashed with the KDP on numerous occasions. It only received 5,500 votes in the 2005 elections.
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There were 509 candidates running in the elections, from 25 parties or lists. Five of these entities were electoral alliances and others were political parties. The two main Kurdish parties - the
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The Kurdistan Toilers and Workers Party List promised it would work to improve justice and the rule of law in the region. The Party has been working as an organization for 14 years.
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were eligible to vote for the parliamentary and presidential elections. People currently living outside Kurdistan Region were not allowed to vote. The elections followed the
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The following tables show the results of the parliamentary and presidential votes by party and by presidential candidate. Seats in yellow indicate reserved minority seats.
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An alliance between the two largest parties, who held 59 of the 111 seats in the parliament. They are seen as broadly center-left to centrist parties. The list is led by
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to be annexed by Iraqi Kurdistan. The party receives funds from the KDP and was part of the DPAK alliance in the 2005 elections, which led to it receiving 4 seats.
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alliance and won 9 seats. IGK was formed after some members split from the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan (#58) in 2001 and is rumored to have some ties with
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During the campaign, the electoral commission was reported to have fined the Kurdistani List 3 million riyals for unspecified electoral violations.
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Initial reports gave the Kurdistani List 60 percent of the vote, equating to around 55 seats. The Change List claimed it had won around 28 seats.
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This list is headed by Kanhan Shakir Aziz; the list says Turkmen are the majority in Kirkuk and that it should be an independent region.
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Headed by Kan'an Shakir Aziz, the party's main objective is to not have Kirkuk be annexed by Kurdistan Region.
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in its controlling territory, the party does want Islamic law to be the main source for the constitution.
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regional army had been arrested for supporting them. A Kurdistani List candidate responded by saying "
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Considered to be the main opposition to the Kurdistani List, particularly in areas dominated by the
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Peshkewtin List says Kurdish security forces "Asayish" threaten to kill supporters of other party
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The elections were originally scheduled to take place on 19 May, but were delayed until 25 July.
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boycotted the elections because conditions and principles for a fair elections were not met.
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alliance in 2005 and received 3 seats. KTP won one seat in the 2005 elections independently.
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KACP is the Assyrian branch of the Kurdistan Communist Party (#55) and its stronghold is in
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of threatening to kill their supporters. Supporters of the change List were shot at in
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Founded in 1979, the party was part of the DKAP alliance in 2005 and received 2 seats.
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employees who had links to their party. They also claimed that a colonel in the
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between 2003 and 2005 on allegations of attacking coalition forces and aiding
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LA Times: Kurdish opposition makes strong showing in Iraq regional elections
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Eleven of the 111 seats are reserved for minorities. Five are reserved for
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Headed by Halo Ibrahim Ahmed, a former high ranking PUK official. He is
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Change List ranked first, Four Parties second and Kurdistan List third
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oriented in ideology. Their main concern is to keep Iraqi Kurdistan
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KIU considers itself as "Islamic reformative" and has ties to the
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Elections in Kurdistan: To Have or not to Have the Right to Vote
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took place on 25 July 2009. A total of 2.5 million citizens of
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List of members of the Kurdistan Region Parliament (2009–2013)
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originally planned for the same day was put back to 1 August.
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Kurdistan parliament elections between closed and open lists
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At least 30% of the candidates on each list must be female.
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The Change List has accused the ruling parties of sacking
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Iraq Kurdistan: EU Commission Deploys Electoral Experts
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and gets most of its support in-and-around the city of
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formed a coalition with two secular parties called the
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into Iraqi Kurdistan region and have autonomy for it.
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Christians and Turkmen to hold 10 seats in parliament
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Christians and Turkmen to hold 10 seats in parliament
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AFP: Opposition set to break Iraqi Kurd stranglehold
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No party allows its members to vote for another list
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The party's main agenda is gaining independence for
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Index

2009 Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election
Kurdistan Region
2005
2013
Kurdistan National Assembly


Barham Salih
Nawshirwan Mustafa
Kurdistani List
Gorran

Prime Minister
Nechervan Barzani
KDP
Prime Minister
Barham Salih
PUK
Politics of Kurdistan Region

Anthem
Flag
Independence poll, 2005
Independence poll, 2017
Kirkuk status (planned)
Government
Presidency Council
President
Nechirvan Barzani
Vice Presidents

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