General Information
Results:
Seats won in this election
- Marching Towards Reform: 54
- State of Law Coalition: 25
- Fatah Alliance: 48
- National Wisdom Movement: 19
- Victory Alliance: 42
- National Coalition: 21
- Movement for Change: 5
- Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP): 25
- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan: 18
- Uniters for Reform Coalition: 14
- Baghdad Alliance: 3
At stake in this election:
- 329 seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq
Note on the Results: The remaining 55 seats went to more than 20 other parties.
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Faud MASUM
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Haider al-ABADI
- Assembly: Iraq has a unicameral Council of Representatives (Majlis an-Nuwwab al-`Iraqiyy) with 328 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- In the Council of Representatives (Majlis an-Nuwwab al-`Iraqiyy) 328 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.
Election Note:
- This is the first Iraqi election since the defeat of ISIS in the country in 2017.
Main coalitions in this electoral race:
- Marching Towards Reform / سائرون
- Leader: Muqtada al-SADR
- State of Law Coalition / إئتلاف دولة القانون
- Leader: Nouri al-MALIKI
- Fatah Alliance / ائتلاف الفتح
- Leader: Hadi al-AMIRI
- National Wisdom Movement / تيار الحكمة الوطني
- Leader: Ammar al-HAKIM
- Victory Alliance / ائتلاف النصر
- Leader: Haider al-ABADI
- National Coalition / ائتلاف الوطنية
- Leader: Iyad ALLAWI
- Movement for Change / بزووتنەوەی گۆڕان
- Leader: Omar Said ALI
- Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) / پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان
- Leader: Massoud BARZANI
- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan / ەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان
- Leader: Kosrat Rasul ALI
- Uniters for Reform Coalition / ائتلاف متحدون للاصلاح
- Leader: Khamis al-KHANJAR
Population and Voter Registration:
- Population: 39,192,111 (2017 est.)
- Registered Voters: 20,453,696 (December 2013)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 19,396,478 (2017)
· Is Iraq a signatory to CEDAW: No
· Has Iraq ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (13 August 1986)
· Gender Quota: Yes
· Female candidates in this election: Yes
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 83 (following the 2014 elections)
· Human Development Index Position: 121 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)
Disability Data:
· Is Iraq a signatory to CRPD: No
· Has Iraq ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (20 March 2013)
· Population with a disability: 5,290,993 (est.)