Elections

The last election for the 111-seat legislature was held on 30 September 2018. Anyone aged 18 or over who is a citizen of the Kurdistan Region and is on the electoral register is eligible to vote in a direct, universal and secret ballot.

The electoral system is a partially open-list form of proportional representation: Choosing from many parties and lists, voters can vote either for one party as a whole, or can vote for an individual candidate from a party.

Parliamentary elections should be held at least every four calendar years, as stipulated in Article 8 of the amended Kurdistan Election Law of 1992.

A minimum quota of 30% of seats are reserved for women MPs, and 11 seats are reserved for parties representing minorities: five for Turkmen parties, five for Christian parties, and one for Armenian parties. Please click here to see the parties and current MPs elected to parliament. 

Read more about elections at the website of The Independent High Electoral and Referendum Commission of the Kurdistan Region. 

After Kurdistan's first ever free, fair and democratic Parliament election in 1992, the subsequent Parliament elections were held in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2018.