2018 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, 2018

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Total of 111 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nechirvan Barzani Kosrat Rasul Ali
Party KDP PUK
Last election 38 18
Seats won 45 21
Seat change Increase 7 Increase 3
Popular vote 688,070 319,219
Percentage 44.1% 20.5%

Prime Minister before election

Nechirvan Barzani
KDP

Elected Prime Minister

Masrour Barzani
KDP

  Kurdistan Democratic Party: 45 seats
  Patriotic Union of Kurdistan: 21 seats
  Movement for Change: 12 seats
  New Generation Movement: 8 seats
  Kurdistan Islamic Group: 7 seats
  Kurdistan Islamic Union: 5 seats
  Sardam alliance: 1 seat
  Freedom List: 1 seat
  Minorities: 11 seats

Parliamentary elections took place in Kurdistan Region on 30 September 2018 to elect Parliament.[1] The election came a year after a failed bid for independence and left the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) with 45 seats, that positioning it to lead the next regional government. Announcement of the results was delayed for three weeks. The KDP's historic rival and junior coalition partner in government, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), was in second place with 21 seats.[2] The results suggest that Masoud Barzani’s KDP will take a dominant position in Kurdish politics.

  1. ^ "KDP comes first in Iraqi Kurdistan election". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30.
  2. ^ "KDP comes first in Iraqi Kurdistan election". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30.