2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

Kurdistan Region legislative election, 2009

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Total of 111 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly 56 seats were needed for a majority The two most popular Lists
First party Second party   Leader Barham Salih Nawshirwan Mustafa Party Kurdistani List Gorran Last election 59 seats - Seats won 59 25 Seat change 19 25 Popular vote 1,076,370 445,024 Percentage 57.34% 23.75%
Definitive results.
Prime Minister before election Nechervan Barzani KDP Elected Prime Minister Barham Salih PUK

Politics of Kurdistan Region
National symbols Anthem Flag
Referendums Independence poll, 2005 Independence poll, 2017 Kirkuk status (planned)
Government Presidency Council President Nechirvan Barzani Vice Presidents Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa Mustafa Said Qadir Prime Minister Masrour Barzani
Parliament Speaker: Rewaz Fayeq Members
Recent elections Presidential: 1992 2009 Parliamentary: 2013 2018
Political parties Democratic Party (KDP) Patriotic Union (PUK) Movement for Change (Gorran) New Generation (NG) Justice Group (KJG) Islamic Union (KIU)
Administrative divisions Silemani (Sulaymaniyah) Dohuk Hawler (Arbil) Disputed Nineveh Kirkuk Diyala
Foreign relations Diplomatic missions of Kurdistan Region to Kurdistan Region Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Kurdish nationalism
Other countries
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The Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections of 2009 took place on 25 July 2009. A total of 2.5 million citizens of Kurdistan Region were eligible to vote for the parliamentary and presidential elections.^[1] People currently living outside Kurdistan Region were not allowed to vote.^[2] The elections followed the 2005 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election. The parliamentary elections coincided with the direct election of the President of Kurdistan. Unlike the parliamentary elections in 2005, the president of Kurdistan was to be chosen directly through popular votes. A referendum to approve the constitution of Kurdistan Region originally planned for the same day was put back to 1 August.^[1]

Campaigning for the elections officially started on 22 June 2009 and was to be stopped 48 hours before voting started.^[3] The elections were held with 84 registration centers and 5,403 polling stations in Kurdistan Region and 5 polling stations in Baghdad.