At stake in this election:

• 275 seats in the Transitional National Assembly (Mejlis Watani)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Jalal TALABANI *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Ibrahim al-JAFARI
• Assembly: Iraq has a unicameral Transitional National Assembly (Mejlis Watani) with 275 seats.

* The National Assembly has yet to choose a president.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is N/A N/A.
• In the Transitional National Assembly (Mejlis Watani) 275 members are elected by popular vote via proportional representation.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Coalition: Unified Iraq Coalition (United Iraqi Alliance)
  • Leader: NA
  • Seats won in this election: 140
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Kurdistan Alliance
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 75
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: The Iraqi List
  • Leader: Ayad ALLAWI
  • Seats won in this election: 40
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: IRAQIS / Iraqiyun
  • Leader: Ghazi Ajil al- YAWIR
  • Seats won in this election: 5
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: The Turkomen Iraqi Front
  • Leader: San'an Ahmed AGHA
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: National Independent Elites and Cadres Party
  • Leader: Fatah al-SHEIKH
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: The Communist Party
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 2
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: The Islamic Kurdish Society
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 2
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: The Islamic Labor Movement in Iraq
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 2
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: The National Democratic Alliance
  • Leader: Samir al SUMAIDAI
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: National Rafidain List
  • Leader: Younadam KANA
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: The Reconciliation and Liberation Entity
  • Leader: NA
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 0

Last Parliamentary election:

• This was the first time Iraq held parliamentary elections since the establishment of the transitional government.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 27,017,712 (2005)
• Registered Voters: 14,662,639 (January 2005)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 13,357,780 (2005)

·         Is Iraq a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Iraq ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (13 August 1986)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 87 (following the 2005 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 121 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Iraq a signatory to CRPD: No

·         Has Iraq ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (20 March 2013)

·         Population with a disability: 4,052,656 (est.)