KDP submits candidate list for upcoming parliamentary elections
According to IHEC regulations, each list participating in the Kurdistan parliamentary elections can have twice as many candidates as there are seats in each province. The KDP has a total of 190 candidates.
ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has officially submitted its list of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections to the Iraqi Independent High Election Commission (IHEC).
The KDP's list was submitted to the three branches of IHEC in Erbil, Duhok, and Sulaimani for the sixth round of parliamentary elections.
According to IHEC regulations, each list participating in the Kurdistan parliamentary elections can have twice as many candidates as there are seats in each province. The KDP has a total of 190 candidates.
The distribution of KDP candidates for the Kurdistan Parliamentary elections is as follows:
1. Erbil: 64 candidates
2. Duhok: 48 candidates
3. Sulaimani: 72 candidates
4. Halabja: 6 candidates
On May 20, the Election Judicial Commission of IHEC allocated five out of 100 seats in the Kurdistan Parliament to minority communities, reducing the number of general seats.The Board of Commissioners outlined the distribution of the 100 Kurdistan Parliament seats as follows:
Erbil: 34 seats, including one for the Christian component and one for the Turkmen component.
Sulaymaniyah: 38 seats, including one seat for the Christian component and one seat for the Turkmen component.
Dohuk: 25 seats, including one seat for the Christian component.
Halabja: 3 seats, without any seats for components.
According to IHEC spokesperson Jumana al-Ghalai:
Erbil province has 1,366,462 registered voters, with 1,016,357 having obtained biometric cards.
Sulaimani and Halabja provinces have 1,496,000 voters, of which 1,146,000 have received biometric cards.
Duhok province reports 926,000 voters as of July 3, 2024, with 738,000 having secured biometric cards.
Overall, the total number of voters for the sixth round of the Kurdistan parliamentary elections is 3,789,000, with 2,901,000 of them having been issued biometric cards, according to IHEC.
On June 27, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani announced that the general elections for the Kurdistan Region Parliament will be held on October 20.
The Iraqi Independent High Election Commission has affirmed its readiness to organize the election on the designated date.