PHOTOS: People in Kurdistan, Iraq head to polls in first elections since IS defeat

author_image Sangar Ali
Voting across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region began at 7:00 a.m. local time on Saturday after four weeks of campaigning as thousands of candidates compete in the country’s first election since the defeat of the Islamic State.

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Voting across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region began at 7:00 a.m. local time on Saturday after four weeks of campaigning as thousands of candidates compete in the country’s first election since the defeat of the Islamic State (IS).

Over 24 million Iraqis are eligible to vote in the elections, the fourth national election since the fall of Saddam Hussein and his dictatorial regime in 2003. Three million people are eligible to vote in the Kurdistan Region.

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany

People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)
People in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq vote in the parliamentary elections across the country. (Photo: AFP)