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Kurdistan List ليستی كوردستان / Lîstî Kurdistani | |
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 Logo for the list as used in the Kurdistan Elections in 2009 | |
| Leader | Barham Salih |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Preceded by | Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism |
The Kurdistan List (Kurdish: لیستی كوردستان Lîstî Kurdistani), also known as the Kurdistan Alliance or the Brotherhood List, was the name of the electoral coalition that ran in the Kurdistan Regional Government parliamentary elections in Iraqi Kurdistan in July 2009. The Kurdistan List represented a coalition of the two main ruling parties in Iraqi Kurdistan, namely the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. It is the successor of the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan.
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The head of the Kurdistan List was the former deputy prime minister of Iraq, Dr. Barham Salih (PUK), who was later elected as the new prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan in September 2009. The Kurdistan List endorsed the incumbent and re-elected president of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani (KDP).[1]
2010 Iraqi elections
[edit]In the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election there were 11 parties in the Kurdistani List, the largest ones were the:[2]
- Kurdistan Democratic Party - led by Kurdish President Massoud Barzani
- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan- led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani
- Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq - led by Kamal Shakir
- Islamic Movement of Kurdistan - led by Shaykh Uthman Abd-Aziz
- Kurdistan Toilers' Party - led by Qadir Aziz
- Turkmen Brotherhood Movement - led by Kalkhi Najmaddin Noureddin
- Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party
Seats
[edit]| Governorate | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Total Kurdistan List | Total Governorate Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diyala | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Duhok | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Erbil | 8 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| Kirkuk | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Nineveh | 6 | 2 | 8 | 31 |
| Sulaymaniyah | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| Compensatory seats | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Total: | 26 | 17 | 43 | 325 |
Votes
[edit]| Governorate | Kurdistani List Votes | Percentage | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babylon | 1,167 | 0.21% | 556,123 |
| Baghdad | 19,732 | 0.93% | 2,129,557 |
| Duhok | 332,951 | 76.23% | 413,964 |
| Dhi Qar | 334 | 0.06% | 557,774 |
| Diyala | 47,749 | 9.33% | 469,087 |
| Erbil | 458,403 | 67.02% | 648,924 |
| Kirkuk | 206,542 | 38.10% | 472,453 |
| Muthanna | 1,432 | 0.64% | 222,851 |
| Najaf | 524 | 0.14% | 378,854 |
| Nineveh | 239,109 | 20.52% | 1,013,635 |
| Qādisiyyah | 805 | 0.23% | 353,086 |
| Saladin | 21,776 | 4.82% | 451,409 |
| Sulaymaniyah | 350,283 | 42.22% | 769,302 |
| Total: | 1,681,714 | 14.37% | 10,813,216 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Iraqi Kurds come out to vote in high numbers". 26 July 2009.
- ↑ "Kurdistan Alliance - 372". Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2010-05-14.