2005 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

2005 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

30 January 2005
All 111 seats in the Kurdistan National Assembly 56 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nechervan Barzani Ali Bapir Party DPAK KIG Last election 100 0 Seats won 104 6 Seat change 4 6 Popular vote 1,570,663 85,237 Percentage 89.55% 4.86%
Prime Minister before election Nechervan Barzani (KDP) Omar Hussein (PUK) Elected Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani KDP

Parliamentary elections were held in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 30 January 2005 alongside national and governorate elections. They were the first parliamentary elections held in Kurdistan Region since 1992.

The Democratic Patriotic Alliance won 104 of the 111 seats in the National Assembly.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Patriotic Alliance		Kurdistan Democratic Party	1,570,663	89.55	40
			Patriotic Union of Kurdistan			38
			Kurdistan Islamic Union			9
			Turkmen Democratic Movement			4
			Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq			3
			Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party			2
			Assyrian Democratic Movement			2
			Chaldean Cultural Society			1
			Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party			1
			Chaldean Democratic Party			1
			Farmers Movement Party			1
			Democratic National Union of Kurdistan			1
			Independents			1
		Total				104
	Kurdistan Islamic Group			85,237	4.86	6
	Kurdistan Toilers' Party and independents			20,585	1.17	1
	Kurdistan Democratic Labor Party			11,748	0.67	0
	Movement of the Democratic People of Kurdistan			10,953	0.62	0
	Independent List			10,262	0.59	0
	Iraqi Republican Group			9,499	0.54	0
	Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party			9,081	0.52	0
	Iraqi National Union Front			8,255	0.47	0
	Kurdistan Democrats Movement			6,690	0.38	0
	Kurdistan Conservative Party			5,506	0.31	0
	Iraqi National Brotherhood Party			3,422	0.20	0
	Kurdistan National Movement			2,018	0.12	0
Total				1,753,919	100.00	111
Valid votes				1,753,919	98.70
Invalid/blank votes				23,067	1.30
Total votes				1,776,986	100.00
Source: eKurd, Parliament