2005 Kurdistan Region governorate elections

The Kurdistan Region Governorate Council elections of 2005 were held on 31 January 2005, to coincide with the Iraqi legislative elections of January 2005 and the Kurdistan Region legislative elections of January 2005. The elections were held to choose 41 council members for each of the three governorates of Kurdistan Region, that is Dahuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah governorates. During the election, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) won a plurality of the votes, however, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) won a plurality of the council seats.

2005 Kurdistan Region governorate elections

31 January 2005
Aggregate 123 seats to the three Kurdistan Region governorates councils
Leader Massoud Barzani Jalal Talabani Salaheddine Bahaaeddin Party KDP PUK Kurdistan Islamic Union Seats won 61 48 10 Popular vote 741,483 765,544 133,206 Percentage 42.07% 43.43% 7.56%
Colours show which party won most votes in which each province

Results

All governorates

Party		Votes		Seats
		Total	%
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)	765,544	43.43%	48
	Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)	741,483	42.07%	61
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	133,206	7.56%	10
	other parties	122,349	6.94%	4
Total		1,762,582	100%	123
invalid ballots		35,084	(1.95%)

Arbil Governorate

Party		Votes		Seats
		Total	%
	Democratic Voice of Kurdistan List (KDP)	347,772	53.67%	23
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)	244,343	37.71%	16
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	22,523	3.48%	1
	Kurdistan Islamic Group	18,781	2.90%	1
	other parties	14,575	2.24%	0
Total		647,994	100%	41
invalid ballots		16,622

Dohuk Governorate

Party		Votes		Seats
		Total	%
	Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)	302,133	78.83%	33
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	35,675	9.31%	4
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)	35,483	9.26%	4
	other parties	9,974	2.60%	0
Total		383,265	100%	41
invalid ballots		5,273

Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Party		Votes		Seats
		Total	%
	Patriot Union of Kurdistan (PUK)	485,718	66.42%	28
	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq (KDP)	91,578	12.52%	5
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	75,008	10.26%	5
	Kurdistan Islamic Group	53,088	7.26%	3
	Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq	8,192	1.12%	0
	other parties	17,739	3.43%	0
Total		731,323	100%	41
invalid ballots		13,189

Source: Washington Institute: Provincial Politics in Iraq, pp. 15–16

See also

• 2005 Iraqi governorate elections

References

• Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq