2005 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

The Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections of 2005 for the parliament of the Kurdistan Region, were held on 30 January 2005, to coincide with the January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election and elections to the governorate councils. It was the first parliamentary election to be held in Kurdistan Region since 1992.

Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, 2005
30 January 2005
Total of 111 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly
56 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nechervan Barzani Ali Bapir
Party DPAK IGK
Last election 100 0
Seats won 104 6
Seat change 4 6
Popular vote 1,570,663 85,237
Percentage 89.55% 4.86%
Prime Minister before election

Nechervan Barzani (KDP)
Omar Hussein (PUK)

 Elected Prime Minister

Nechervan Barzani
KDP

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