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2005 Kurdistan Region governorate elections

Field	Value
election_name	2005 Kurdistan Region governorate elections
country	Kurdistan Region
flag_year	2004
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
next_election	2014 Kurdistan Region governorate elections
next_year	2014
seats_for_election	Aggregate 123 seats to the three Kurdistan Region governorates councils
election_date
party1	Kurdistan Democratic Party
image1	[[File:Mesud_Barzani.jpg	100px	Massoud Barzani]]
leader1	Massoud Barzani
seats1	61
popular_vote1	741,483
percentage1	42.07%
party2	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
image2	[[File:Jalal_Talabani.jpg	100px	Jalal Talabani]]
leader2	Jalal Talabani
seats2	48
popular_vote2	765,544
percentage2	43.43%
party3	Kurdistan Islamic Union
image3	[[File:No image.svg	100px	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin]]
leader3	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
seats3	10
popular_vote3	133,206
percentage3	7.56%
map_image	2005_Kurdistan.png
map_caption	Colours show which party won most votes in which each province

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.

Results

All governorates

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

[[Arbil Governorate]]

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

[[Dohuk Governorate]]

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

[[Sulaymaniyah Governorate]]

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

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

References

Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq

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