2018 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, 2018

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Total of 111 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51.4%
First party Second party   Leader Nechirvan Barzani Kosrat Rasul Ali Party KDP PUK Last election 38 18 Seats won 45 21 Seat change 7 3 Popular vote 688,070 319,219 Percentage 44.1% 20.5%
Prime Minister before election Nechirvan Barzani KDP Elected Prime Minister Masrour Barzani KDP

Politics of Kurdistan Region
National symbols Anthem Flag
Referendums Independence poll, 2005 Independence poll, 2017 Kirkuk status (planned)
Government Presidency Council President Nechirvan Barzani Vice Presidents Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa Mustafa Said Qadir Prime Minister Masrour Barzani
Parliament Speaker: Rewaz Fayeq Members
Recent elections Presidential: 1992 2009 Parliamentary: 2013 2018
Political parties Democratic Party (KDP) Patriotic Union (PUK) Movement for Change (Gorran) New Generation (NG) Justice Group (KJG) Islamic Union (KIU)
Administrative divisions Silemani (Sulaymaniyah) Dohuk Hawler (Arbil) Disputed Nineveh Kirkuk Diyala
Foreign relations Diplomatic missions of Kurdistan Region to Kurdistan Region Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Kurdish nationalism
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Parliamentary elections took place in Kurdistan Region on 30 September 2018 to elect Parliament.^[1] The election came a year after a failed bid for independence and left the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) with 45 seats, that positioning it to lead the next regional government. Announcement of the results was delayed for three weeks. The KDP's historic rival and junior coalition partner in government, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), was in second place with 21 seats.^[2] The results suggest that Masoud Barzani’s KDP will take a dominant position in Kurdish politics.