Kurdistan List

The Kurdistan List (Kurdish: ليست كوردستان Lîstî Kurdistani), also known as the Kurdistan Alliance or the Brotherhood List, is the name of the electoral coalition that ran in the Kurdistan Regional Government parliamentary elections in Iraqi Kurdistan in July 2009. The Kurdistan List represented a coalition of the two main ruling parties in Iraqi Kurdistan, namely the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. It is the successor of the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan.

Kurdistan List
Lîstî Kurdistani
ليست كوردستان
LeaderBarham Salih
Founded2009 (2009)
Dissolved2013
Preceded byDemocratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan
IdeologyKurdish nationalism
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:
0 / 325
Seats in the Kurdistan Parliament:
0 / 111

The head of the Kurdistan List was the former deputy prime minister of Iraq, Dr. Barham Salih (PUK), who was later elected as the new prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan in September 2009. The Kurdistan List endorsed the incumbent and re-elected president of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani (KDP).[1]

2010 Iraqi elections

In the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election there were 11 parties in the Kurdistani List, the largest ones were the:[2]

Seats

Governorate Kurdistan Democratic Party Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Total Kurdistan List Total Governorate Seats
Diyala01113
Duhok81910
Hewler821014
Kerkuk24612
Ninawa62831
Silemani26817
Compensatory seats0117
Total:261743325

Votes

Governorate Kurdistani List Votes Percentage Total Votes
Babil1,1670.21%556,123
Baghdad19,7320.93%2,129,557
Duhok332,95176.23%413,964
Dhi Qar3340.06%557,774
Diyala47,7499.33%469,087
Hewler458,40367.02%648,924
Kerkuk206,54238.10%472,453
Muthanna1,4320.64%222,851
Najaf5240.14%378,854
Ninawa239,10920.52%1,013,635
Qadissiyah8050.23%353,086
Salah ad-Din21,7764.82%451,409
Silemani350,28342.22%769,302
Total:1,681,714 14.37%10,813,216

References

  1. "Iraqi Kurds come out to vote in high numbers". 26 July 2009.
  2. "Kurdistan Alliance - 372". Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
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