General Information
Note: The election for the Iraq Council of Representatives was held on October 10th, 2021. Parties and Coalitions that won more than 1 seat in the Council of Representatives are listed in the results above; however, parties that earned 1 or zero seats have been excluded. 17 parties and coalitions earned 1 seat in the Council of Representatives in this election.
At Stake in this Election:
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329 seats in the Council of Representatives
Government Structure [1]:
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Chief of State: President Barham SALIH (since October 2nd, 2018)
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Head of Government: Prime Minister Mustafa al-KADHIMI (since May 7th, 2020)
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Assembly: Iraq’s Council of Representatives (Majlis an-Nuwwab al-Iraqiyy) is comprised of 329 seats. 320 members are directly elected, and 9 seats are reserved for minorities (5 for Christians and 1 each for Sabaean-Mandaeans, Yazidis, Shabaks, and Fayli Kurds).
Electoral System:
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Iraq is a Federal Parliamentary Republic.
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Iraq changed its electoral system following the 2018 parliamentary elections. Elections are now to be conducted through a single non-transferable vote in 83 multi-member constituencies, with a quarter of seats reserved for women and 9 seats reserved for minorities (5 for Christians and 1 each for Sabaean-Mandaeans, Yazidis, Shabaks, and Fayli Kurds).
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The 329 members of the Council of Representatives elects the President and Prime Minister [2].
Last Election:
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The last parliamentary election was held on May 12th, 2018. The Alliance Towards Reforms won the most seats with 54 (14/38%) [3].
Main Parties in this Election [4]:
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Sadrist Movement / al-Tayyar al-Sadri
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Leader: Muqtada AL-SADR
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Seats won in last election: 58
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Progress Party / Hizb Taqadum
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Leader: Mohammed al-Halbousi
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Seats won in last election: N/A*
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State of Law Coalition / I’tilaf Dawlat al-Qanun
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Leader: Nouri AL-MALIKI
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Seats won in last election: 25
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Kurdistan Democratic Party / Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistane
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Leader: Masoud BARZANI
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Seats won in last election: 25
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Fatah Alliance / I’tilaf al-fath
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Leader: Hadi AL-AMIRI
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Seats won in last election: 48
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Kurdistani Coalition / Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Change Movement (Gorran)
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Leader: Qubad TALABANI
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Seats won in last election: 18
*The Progress Party was established in 2019, and thus did not participate in the last parliamentary election.
Population and Registered Voters:
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Population: 39,650,145 (July 2021 est.) [5]
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Registered Voters: 57,918,000 (2020 est.) [6]
Gender Data:
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Female Population: n/a
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Is Iraq a signatory to CEDAW: No
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Has Iraq ratified CEDAW: Yes (ratified August 13th, 1986) [7]
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Gender Quota: Yes, there are legislated quotas. The 2005 Electoral Law requires that “the proportion of women shall not be less than one quarter of the winners” [8].
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Female Leaders in this election: Unknown
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Number of Female Legislators: 98 out of 329 [9]
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Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 123 at 0.674 (2020) [10]
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Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very high, 54% (2019) [11]
Disability Data:
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Is Iraq a signatory to CRPD?: No
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Has Iraq ratified CRPD?: Yes (March 20th, 2013) [12]
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Population with a disability: 5,558.425 (2021 est.) [13]
[2] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/10/infographic-all-you-need-to-know-about-iraqs-elections