Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections

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The Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections are periodic legislative polls in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq to choose representatives to its regional parliament and government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary election
regional election
appliesToJurisdiction Kurdistan Region
linked to: Kurdistan
constitutionalBasis Kurdistan Region constitution and laws
country Iraq
determines composition of the Kurdistan Regional Government
majority in the Kurdistan Region Parliament
electoralDistrictType regional multi-member constituencies
electoralSystem party-list proportional representation
elects members of the Kurdistan Region Parliament
regional legislature of the Kurdistan Region
firstElectionDate 1992
governingLaw Kurdistan Region election law
governmentForm parliamentary system
hasElectorate citizens of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
hasPoliticalParties Gorran Movement
Kurdistan Democratic Party
Kurdistan Islamic Group
Kurdistan Islamic Union
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
hasReservedSeatsFor Armenians
Christians
linked to: Christian Church

Turkmen
linked to: Turkmens

ethnic and religious minorities
hasVoterEligibility adult citizens meeting residency and legal requirements
languageUsed Arabic
Kurdish
legislativeBody Kurdistan Region Parliament
locatedIn Middle East
Western Asia
autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq
mainReligionContext Islam
officeContested regional legislative seats
organisedBy Kurdistan Region electoral authorities
partOf democratic process in the Kurdistan Region
political system of the Kurdistan Region
politicalIssue Kurdish self-governance
economic development in the Kurdistan Region
governance and corruption
oil and natural resources policy
relations with the federal government of Iraq
security and Peshmerga forces
recurrence periodic
regionType autonomous region
relatedTo Iraqi parliamentary elections
supervisingLevelOfGovernment Kurdistan Regional Government
timePeriod post-1991 Iraqi Kurdish autonomy era
votingSystem proportional representation

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Kurdistan Democratic Party participatesIn Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections
Kurdistan Democratic Alliance hasPoliticalActivity Kurdistan Region Parliament elections
linked to: Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections
Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections governingLaw Kurdistan Region election law
linked to: Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections