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 Winning coalitions/parties by Governorate. We Build Alliance
Progress Party
State of Law Coalition
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Nineveh for its People
Patriotic Masses Party
Tasmim Alliance
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Governorate or provincial elections were scheduled to be held in Iraq on 20 April 2020, to replace the provincial councils in the governorates of Iraq that were elected in the 2013 Iraqi governorate elections and, in Kurdistan Region, in the 2014 elections.[1] The elections were delayed indefinitely in November 2019, amidst demonstrations demanding the end of the existing political system.[2]
In the summer of 2020, after protests around the country specifically demanded the dissolution of provincial administrations,[3] the ruling parties decided to postpone any decision on when to hold new provincial elections until after the early parliamentary election planned for October 2021.[4]
In March 2023, Iraq's parliament passed a resolution setting the provincial elections on 18 December 2023.[5][6][7] Campaigning started on 1 November.[8]
- ^ Kurdistan24. "Iraq's electoral commission postpones local elections until April 2020". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Iraqi Provincial Council Elections Delayed Indefinitely". NRT. 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Iraqi protesters set sights on local governors". Al-Monitor. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Al-Fateh Alliance: The return of the provincial councils, which is popularly rejected is left to the Constitutional Amendments Committee". Al Iraq News. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020. (in Arabic)
- ^ "السلطات العراقية تحدد 18 ديسمبر المقبل موعدا لإجراء انتخابات مجالس المحافظات". فرانس 24 / France 24 (in Arabic). 20 June 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ فاخر, عادل. "قوى تتشكل وأخرى تتفكك.. كيف بدت تحالفات القوى السياسية في العراق قبل الانتخابات؟". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Iraq to hold provincial council elections on December 18". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Taib Menmy, Dana (2 November 2023). "Campaigning for Iraq's provincial elections kicks off amid instability as Israel's war on Gaza continues". www.newarab.com.