2014 Kurdistan Region governorate elections

The Kurdistan Region Governorate elections were held on 30 April 2014. The elections for the three Kurdish governorates coincided with the elections for Iraqi parliament.[1]

2014 Kurdistan Region governorate elections
April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30)
Aggregate 81 seats to the three Kurdistan Region governorates councils
  First party Second party Third party
  Massoud Barzani Jalal Talabani Nawshirwan Mustafa
Leader Massoud Barzani Jalal Talabani Nawshirwan Mustafa
Party KDP PUK Gorran
Last election 61 seats, 42.07% 48 seats, 43.43% –
Seats won 34 19 17
Seat change −27 −29 +17
Popular vote 816,654 528,122 490,572
Percentage 37,79% 24.44% 22.70%
Swing −4.28% −18.99% +22.70%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Mohammed Faraj Ali Bapir
Party Kurdistan Islamic Union IGK
Last election 10 seats, 7.56% 4 seats
Seats won 6 4
Seat change −4 ±0
Popular vote 155,972 117,848
Percentage 6.99% 5.53%
Swing −0.57%

Result
Party Total Votes Percentage Total seats Party Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party816,65437,79%34Massoud Barzani
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan528,12224,44%19Jalal Talabani
Movement for Change490,57222,70%17Nawshirwan Mustafa
Kurdistan Islamic Union150,9726,99%6Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
Islamic Group of Kurdistan113,3645,25%4Ali Bapir
Other Parties56,3542,60%10-
Total2,161,128100%90-
[2]

Arbil Governorate
Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party372,60749,31%12Massoud Barzani
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan168,60322,31%6Jalal Talabani
Movement for Change108,11714,31%4Nawshirwan Mustafa
Islamic Group of Kurdistan57,9077,66%2Ali Bapir
Kurdistan Islamic Union27,7133,67%1Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
Other parties19,2872,57%5
Total754,234100%30
Sources:[2][3][4]

Duhok Governorate
Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party357,39271.46%19Massoud Barzani
Kurdistan Islamic Union62,16212.43%3Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan40.7968,16%2Jalal Talabani
Movement for Change22,8554.57%1Nawshirwan Mustafa
Islamic Group of Kurdistan4.2210,84%0Ali Bapir
Other parties16,9563.39%3
Total500.161100%28
Sources:[2][3][5]

Sulaymaniyah Governorate
Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader
Movement for Change359,60039.66%12Nawshirwan Mustafa
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan318,72335.15%11Jalal Talabani
Kurdistan Democratic Party86,6559.57%3Massoud Barzani
Kurdistan Islamic Union66,0977.29%2Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
Islamic Group of Kurdistan55,4576.12%2Ali Bapir
Kurdistan Alliance10,5121.16%1
Other parties9,5991.06%1
Total906,643100%32
Sources:[3][2][6]

References
  1. "Iraq's Kurds Keep One Eye on Iraqi Elections, Another on Local Polls". Rudaw. April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  2. "IHEC announces Kurdistan provincial election results | BAS NEWS". Archived from the original on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  3. "Results". Rudaw.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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