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With the Kurdistan Democratic Party leading the results, the Patriotic Union is the closest party to it and the candidate to form an alliance with it to form the government, which has always been the other party to form the government with the Democratic Party since 1992 until now, and it does not seem that there will be any influence from the other new parties in forming the government despite obtaining some parliamentary seats.
The importance of the current parliamentary elections lies in restoring legitimacy to the legislative authorities of the Kurdistan Region, which were stripped of their legitimacy by the Iraqi Federal Court, due to the expiration of the legal term of the previous parliament, and after the opposition filed a complaint with the court.
For its part, the European Union welcomed the success of the electoral process, which had been constantly calling for the necessity of holding these elections, after they had been delayed for more than two years due to internal Kurdish disputes.
Results of the process
The preliminary results announced by the Independent High Electoral Commission in[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]The Kurdistan Democratic Party won 40%, with more than 800,000 votes, followed by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in second place with 20%, and nearly 400,000 votes, with a turnout of 72%, with more than two million votes.
Of the 100 seats in parliament, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Massoud Barzani, will win 39 seats, while the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by Pavel Jalal Talabani, will win 23 seats.
Although the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was a major partner with the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the previous government, it showed itself as a strong opponent and fiercely attacked its rival, as its leader Talabani repeated his call for voters to overthrow the Democratic Party’s authority through the ballot boxes, expecting to cause its loss, but the election results were disappointing for him after the Democratic Party obtained twice the votes of the Patriotic Union.
In addition to the two traditional parties, the recent elections prompted several new parties to participate for the first time, most notably the “New Generation” led by the young politician Shaswar Abdul Wahid, which came in third place with 14.5%, with 290,000 votes, followed by the Kurdistan Islamic Union with 5.8%, with 116,000 votes. The
remaining percentages were distributed among other forces such as “Al-Mawqif”, “Al-Adl Group”, the People’s Front, the Change Movement, the Alliance, and the Islamic Movement, as the votes they gained qualify them to obtain one seat or slightly more in[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]The next.
One of the most notable surprises of these elections was the loss of the Change Movement, founded by the late Nawshirwan Mustafa in 2009, which was considered the strongest opposition in the history of the Kurdistan Parliament, which began in 1992, as its number of seats gradually decreased from 24 seats in its first participation to one seat in the last elections.
Observers attributed this to the internal divisions that affected the movement after the death of its founder, and the distribution of its supporters’ votes among the new parties, especially the “New Generation” movement.
*Formation negotiations
In light of these results, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s organizational office, Hemin Hawrami, confirmed that his party broke the record in these elections, and was able to win more than 800,000 votes out of two million votes. He said that the Kurdistan Democratic Party has a broad history and geography in Kurdistan, and that the tenth government will undoubtedly be headed by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, who also led the previous government.
Hawrami confirmed that the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s door is open to all parties that won seats in[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]To form the next government, and that the party will work for the participation of everyone in the government, and work together to make Kurdistan more stable and prosperous.
On the other hand, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan member Tariq Jawhar said that the electoral process was successful, and "I can say that these elections were the best in terms of participation and technology, and we expected better results, but at the same time we accept the results and we achieved a good victory, and the Patriotic Union doubled its votes compared to the previous elections, which is encouraging for us."
Jawhar added that his party is working to ensure that the next government is based on partnership and consensus, and that they aspire to a real partnership with the Kurdistan Democratic Party, "not just ordinary participation in the formation," according to him.
He added that they are looking forward to assuming sovereign positions in the region, expecting that negotiations to form the new government will take a long time and will be difficult, due to the Patriotic Union's desire for actual partnership.
* Continuing differences
For his part, the journalist and writer specializing in the affairs of the Kurdistan Region, Saman Noah, believes that the process of forming the next government will be difficult and complex and will take a long time, as the Democratic Party has no alternative but to form an alliance with the Patriotic Union.
To achieve this, Noah explained that the union will impose its conditions, some of which will be difficult. He said, "The problem is that all parties cannot back down from their escalatory rhetoric, because there are upcoming Iraqi elections in a year, in which these parties will also compete, which calls for a defiant, enthusiastic and perhaps populist rhetoric."
Noah believes that the small forces will not have a major role in forming the government because their seats are few, and these seats will not help the Kurdistan Democratic Party form a majority that will enable it to form the next government. Moreover, the Kurdish reality forces the two parties, in one way or another, to form an alliance, even if either of them has the ability to gather a majority, according to him.
The writer added that the political forces, whether Sunni or Shiite, are not only not interested in the situation in the Kurdistan Region, but they believe that the continuation of the differences, the absence of a parliament and government in the region, and the weakness of the institutions serve to impose the will of the federal forces on the region. He added, "A large part of these forces do not want a region in Kurdistan to be formed with a unified government and one administration."
Noah points out that "the Shiite forces in particular have benefited from the weakness of the region, as they will not care if the differences continue, because this allows them to move more and impose their will on various issues in the region, as happened in the past years, where the weakness of the region and its internal divisions contributed to strengthening the influence of the federal government on Erbil, and allowed it to impose its agendas, whether related to the decisions of the Federal Court or the positions and decisions of the federal government against the region."
However, according to political analyst Nawal Al-Moussawi, the central government supported these elections, praised their progress, congratulated the winning entities, and "will certainly support dialogue and negotiations to reach the formation of a consensus government with a simple opposition."
Al-Moussawi said, "The delay in forming the government cannot continue for more than 45 days, and it is possible that the alliances will witness a kind of push and pull and offers through which the blocs seek to obtain the largest bloc, but this will not greatly affect the party's efforts[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]In forming the government.
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After being delayed for more than two years, the Kurdistan Region succeeded in holding parliamentary elections, but its initial results indicate that neither of the two traditional parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, obtained a majority that would enable one of them to form a government, except by agreement with other political forces.
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With the Kurdistan Democratic Party leading the results, the Patriotic Union is the closest party to it and the candidate to form an alliance with it to form the government, which has always been the other party to form the government with the Democratic Party since 1992 until now, and it does not seem that there will be any influence from the other new parties in forming the government despite obtaining some parliamentary seats.
The importance of the current parliamentary elections lies in restoring legitimacy to the legislative authorities of the Kurdistan Region, which were stripped of their legitimacy by the Iraqi Federal Court, due to the expiration of the legal term of the previous parliament, and after the opposition filed a complaint with the court.
For its part, the European Union welcomed the success of the electoral process, which had been constantly calling for the necessity of holding these elections, after they had been delayed for more than two years due to internal Kurdish disputes.
Results of the process
The preliminary results announced by the Independent High Electoral Commission in[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]The Kurdistan Democratic Party won 40%, with more than 800,000 votes, followed by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in second place with 20%, and nearly 400,000 votes, with a turnout of 72%, with more than two million votes.
Of the 100 seats in parliament, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Massoud Barzani, will win 39 seats, while the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by Pavel Jalal Talabani, will win 23 seats.
Although the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was a major partner with the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the previous government, it showed itself as a strong opponent and fiercely attacked its rival, as its leader Talabani repeated his call for voters to overthrow the Democratic Party’s authority through the ballot boxes, expecting to cause its loss, but the election results were disappointing for him after the Democratic Party obtained twice the votes of the Patriotic Union.
In addition to the two traditional parties, the recent elections prompted several new parties to participate for the first time, most notably the “New Generation” led by the young politician Shaswar Abdul Wahid, which came in third place with 14.5%, with 290,000 votes, followed by the Kurdistan Islamic Union with 5.8%, with 116,000 votes. The
remaining percentages were distributed among other forces such as “Al-Mawqif”, “Al-Adl Group”, the People’s Front, the Change Movement, the Alliance, and the Islamic Movement, as the votes they gained qualify them to obtain one seat or slightly more in[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]The next.
One of the most notable surprises of these elections was the loss of the Change Movement, founded by the late Nawshirwan Mustafa in 2009, which was considered the strongest opposition in the history of the Kurdistan Parliament, which began in 1992, as its number of seats gradually decreased from 24 seats in its first participation to one seat in the last elections.
Observers attributed this to the internal divisions that affected the movement after the death of its founder, and the distribution of its supporters’ votes among the new parties, especially the “New Generation” movement.
*Formation negotiations
In light of these results, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s organizational office, Hemin Hawrami, confirmed that his party broke the record in these elections, and was able to win more than 800,000 votes out of two million votes. He said that the Kurdistan Democratic Party has a broad history and geography in Kurdistan, and that the tenth government will undoubtedly be headed by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, who also led the previous government.
Hawrami confirmed that the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s door is open to all parties that won seats in[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]To form the next government, and that the party will work for the participation of everyone in the government, and work together to make Kurdistan more stable and prosperous.
On the other hand, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan member Tariq Jawhar said that the electoral process was successful, and "I can say that these elections were the best in terms of participation and technology, and we expected better results, but at the same time we accept the results and we achieved a good victory, and the Patriotic Union doubled its votes compared to the previous elections, which is encouraging for us."
Jawhar added that his party is working to ensure that the next government is based on partnership and consensus, and that they aspire to a real partnership with the Kurdistan Democratic Party, "not just ordinary participation in the formation," according to him.
He added that they are looking forward to assuming sovereign positions in the region, expecting that negotiations to form the new government will take a long time and will be difficult, due to the Patriotic Union's desire for actual partnership.
* Continuing differences
For his part, the journalist and writer specializing in the affairs of the Kurdistan Region, Saman Noah, believes that the process of forming the next government will be difficult and complex and will take a long time, as the Democratic Party has no alternative but to form an alliance with the Patriotic Union.
To achieve this, Noah explained that the union will impose its conditions, some of which will be difficult. He said, "The problem is that all parties cannot back down from their escalatory rhetoric, because there are upcoming Iraqi elections in a year, in which these parties will also compete, which calls for a defiant, enthusiastic and perhaps populist rhetoric."
Noah believes that the small forces will not have a major role in forming the government because their seats are few, and these seats will not help the Kurdistan Democratic Party form a majority that will enable it to form the next government. Moreover, the Kurdish reality forces the two parties, in one way or another, to form an alliance, even if either of them has the ability to gather a majority, according to him.
The writer added that the political forces, whether Sunni or Shiite, are not only not interested in the situation in the Kurdistan Region, but they believe that the continuation of the differences, the absence of a parliament and government in the region, and the weakness of the institutions serve to impose the will of the federal forces on the region. He added, "A large part of these forces do not want a region in Kurdistan to be formed with a unified government and one administration."
Noah points out that "the Shiite forces in particular have benefited from the weakness of the region, as they will not care if the differences continue, because this allows them to move more and impose their will on various issues in the region, as happened in the past years, where the weakness of the region and its internal divisions contributed to strengthening the influence of the federal government on Erbil, and allowed it to impose its agendas, whether related to the decisions of the Federal Court or the positions and decisions of the federal government against the region."
However, according to political analyst Nawal Al-Moussawi, the central government supported these elections, praised their progress, congratulated the winning entities, and "will certainly support dialogue and negotiations to reach the formation of a consensus government with a simple opposition."
Al-Moussawi said, "The delay in forming the government cannot continue for more than 45 days, and it is possible that the alliances will witness a kind of push and pull and offers through which the blocs seek to obtain the largest bloc, but this will not greatly affect the party's efforts[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]In forming the government.
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