The Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections of 2005 for the

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of the

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, were held on 30 January 2005, to coincide with the

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and elections to the

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councils. It was the first parliamentary election to be held in Kurdistan Region since 1992.

Results

*Election data from the Kurdistan National Assembly

Voting Breakdown by Governorate

Alliance Breakdown

Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan party breakdown: *

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Kurdistan Islamic Union Kurdistan Islamic Union ( ku, یەکگرتووی ئیسلامیی کوردستان ,Yekgirtiya Îslamî ya Kurdistanê; ar, الاتحاد الاسلامي الكوردستاني, al-Ittiḥād al-islāmī al-kūrdistānī), colloquially referred t ...

- 9 * Turkmen Democratic Movement - 4 *Kurdistan Communist Party - 3 *Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party - 2 *Assyrian Democratic Movement- 2 *Chaldean Cultural Society - 1 *Bet Nahrain Democratic Party - 1 *Chaldean Democratic Union Party - 1 *Farmers Movement Party - 1 *Democratic National Union of Kurdistan - 1 *Independent Nouri Talabany - 1 The Kurdish National Assembly did not sit until 4 June 2005.http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5D29B813-B4A7-447E-BD8C-28536EE35AF9.htm

References

Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
2005 elections in Iraq 2005 in Iraqi Kurdistan Elections in Kurdistan Region, 2005 {{Iraq-election-stub