2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

The Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections of 2013 took place on 21 September 2013. It was the fourth legislative election in Kurdistan Region since 1992. The candidates were competing for a total of 111 seats out of which 11 seats were reserved for minorities.[1] According to the Iraqi High Electoral Commission, there were 366 female and 736 male candidates for the elections.[2] A total of 2,653,743 people were eligible to vote throughout the three provinces of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk of which 74% cast their ballots.[3][4]

Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, 2013

21 September 2013

Total of 111 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly
56 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nechirvan Barzani Nawshirwan Mustafa Barham Salih
Party KDP Gorran PUK
Last election 30 25 29
Seats won 38 24 18
Seat change Increase8 Decrease1 Decrease11
Popular vote 743,984 476,736 350,500
Percentage 37.79 % 24.21 % 17.80%

Voting took place in the red and purple areas

Prime Minister before election

Nechirvan Barzani
KDP

Elected Prime Minister

Nechirvan Barzani
KDP

Run-up

The legislative elections together with presidential and provincial were originally planned for September 21. However, in the months leading to the elections the parliament extended Massoud Barzani’s term for another two years. Meanwhile, IHEC delayed the provincial elections until November 21. Under Kurdish Election law political parties were allowed to campaign from August 28 until September 17th, four days before voting.[5] The Peshmerga and police voted on September 19, in order for them to be able to guard the voting polls on September 21.[6][7]

The election marked the first time the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan were running as individual parties since 1992. The Kurdistan Democratic Party was expected to win the most votes. The party has had a strong backing in the provinces of Duhok and Erbil and no challengers. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan meanwhile was facing competition from the Movement for Change. The Movement for Change had in the previous elections secured a surprising 25 seats in Sulaymaniyah, which had until then been a stronghold for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan also faced uncertainty due to internal conflicts and the absence of its leader Jalal Talabani who was recovering from a stroke.

Clashes

On 5 September, a gunman opened fire on a campaign rally by the Movement for Change in the city of Sulaymaniyah, wounding one person.[8] In the same week, clashes broke out between the opposition Movement for Change and PUK and KDP supporters that led to 12 people, mostly policemen, being wounded.[9]

Notable participating entities

List No Party Kurdish Name Party Leaders
101Kurdistan Islamic Movementبزوتنەوەی ئیسلامیی کوردستان
Bizûtinewey Îslamiy Kurdistan
Shaykh Uthman Abd-Aziz
102Patriotic Union of Kurdistanیەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان
Yekêtiy Nîştimaniy Kurdistan
Jalal Talabani
103Kurdistan Conservative Partyپارتی پارێزگارانی کوردستان
Partî Parêzgaranî Kurdistan
Zaid Surchi
104Kurdistan Islamic Groupکۆمەڵی ئیسلامی کوردستان-عێراق
Komelley Îslamiy Kurdistaê / Îraq
Ali Bapir
105Kurdistan Islamic Unionیەکگرتووی ئیسلامیی کوردستان
Yekgirtûy Îslamiy Kurdistan
Mohammed Faraj
106Reform and Development Listلیستی چاکسازی و گەشە
Lîstî Çaksazî u Geşe
107Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq (Freedom List)ئازادی
Partî Azadî
Kamal Shakir
108Future Partyئایندە
Hizbî Ayinde
109Democratic National Union of Kurdistanیەکێتی نەتەوەیی دیموکراتی کوردستان
Yekêtiy Neteweyiy Dîmukratî Kurdistan
110Kurdistan Democratic Partyپارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان
Partî Dîmukratî Kurdistan
Massoud Barzani
111Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Partyحزبی سۆسیالیست دیموکراتی کوردستان
Hizbî Sosyal Dîmukratî Kurdistan
Mohammad Hajji Mahmoud
113Kurdistan Democratic Solution Partyپارتی چارەسەری دیموکراتی کوردستان
Partî Çareserî Dîmukratî Kurdistan
Diyar Gharib and Nadjibeh Umar
115Third Directionئاڕاستەی سێیەم
Arrastey Sêyem
116People'e Rights' Listمافی گەل
Lîstî Mafî Gel
117Movement for Changeگۆڕان
Bizûtinewey Gorran
Nawshirwan Mustafa
118The Rights of People of Kurdistanلیستی مافەکانی خەڵکی کوردستان
Mafekanî Xellkî Kurdistan
119The Independentsلیستی سەربەخۆکان
Serbexokan
120Turkmen Change and Renewalگۆڕان و نوێبوونەوەی تورکمان
Gorran u Nwêbûnewey Turkman
121Erbil Turkmen Listلیستی ھەولێری تورکمانی
Lîstî Turkmanî Hewlêr
122Iraqi Turkmen Frontبەرەی تورکمانی عێراقی
Berey Turkmanî Êraq
Sadettin Ergeç
123Turkmen Democratic Movementلیستی بزووتنەوەی دیموکراتی تورکمان
Lîstî Bizûtinewey Dîmukratî Turkman
124Turkmen Development Listلیستی پێشکەوتووی تورکمان
Lîstî Pêşkewtûy Turkman
126Assyrian Democratic Movementلیستی میسۆپۆتامیا
Kurranî Dû Rûbareke
Yonadam Kanna
127Chaldean Syriac Assyrian United Listلیستی کۆمەڵەی کلدان و سریان و ئاشوورییەکان
Girdbûnewey Kildanî Siryanî Aşûrî
Sarkis Aghajan

Results

Allocation of seats.

No party won enough votes to form a government outright. The Kurdistan Democratic Party won the most votes in Erbil and Duhok. The province of Sulaymaniyah was heavily divided. The Movement for Change won the second most votes which made it the prime partner for the Kurdistan Democratic Party to form a coalition with. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, unexpectedly, lost more than a third of its seats.[10]

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan announced that it respected the results. Soon after the announcement high-ranking member of the party resigned accepting responsibility for the bad results.[11] Both Islamists and socialists made gains. A total of 77 men and 34 women were elected.

Results[12][13]
Political entity20132009Change
Votes %SeatsSeatsSeats +/-
Kurdistan Democratic Party743,984 37.79 3830Increase8
Movement for Change476,173 24.21 2425 Decrease1
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan350,500 17.80 1829Decrease11
Kurdistan Islamic Union186,741 9.49 106 Increase4
Kurdistan Islamic Group118,575 6.01 64 Increase2
Kurdistan Islamic Movement21,834 1.112 Decrease1
Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party12,5010.612Decrease1
Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq12,3920.611Steady
Kurdistan Toilers' Party8,6810.41SteadyIncrease1
Future Party3,8680.20Steady1Decrease1
Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party3,6050.18SteadySteady
The Rights of People of Kurdistan2,8170.14SteadySteady
Kurdistan Conservative Party2,4200.12SteadySteady
People's Rights List2,0050.10SteadySteady
Democratic National Union of Kurdistan1,7170.09SteadySteady
1,3230.06SteadySteady
The Independents8680.04SteadySteady
Total1,950,004100100100Steady
Turkmen minority reserved seats
Turkmen Development List5,25944.22SteadyIncrease2
Erbil Turkmen1,95116.411Steady
Turkmen Change and Renewal1,92616.21SteadyIncrease1
Iraqi Turkmen Front1,75314.711Steady
Turkmen Democratic Movement1,0028.4Steady3Decrease3
Total11,89110055Steady
Assyrian minority reserved seats[14]
Assyrian Democratic Movement6,34548.222Steady
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council5,73043.523Decrease1
Sons of Mesopotamia1,0918.31SteadyIncrease1
Total13,16610055Steady
Armenian minority reserved seat[14]
Berunt Nissan Markos53170.11-Increase1
Aram Shahine Dawood22729.9-1Decrease1
Total75810011Steady
Overall Total1,968,775111111SteadySteady

Results by governorate

Party Silêmanî Hawlêr Dahuk Total
Kurdistan Democratic Party92,500340,668310,816743,984
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan234,25291,07225,176350,500
Gorran Movement333,961130,00012,775476,736
Kurdistan Islamic Union84,08146,00056,660186,741
Kurdistan Islamic Group67,28546,3004,814118,399
Other6,40152,44833,56692,415
Total:818,480706,488443,8071,968,775

References

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  14. "جدول بأعداد اصوات مرشحي قوائم ابناء شعبنا في انتخابات برلمان اقليم كوردستان وعدد النسب المئوية للقائمة والمرشحين". ishtartv.com.
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