2014 Kurdistan Region governorate elections

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April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30)

Aggregate 81 seats to the three Kurdistan Region governorates councils

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Massoud Barzani	Jalal Talabani	Nawshirwan Mustafa
Party	KDP	PUK	Gorran
Last election	61 seats, 42.07%	48 seats, 43.43%	–
Seats won	34	19	17
Seat change	−27	−29	+17
Popular vote	816,654	528,122	490,572
Percentage	37,79%	24.44%	22.70%
Swing	−4.28%	−18.99%	+22.70%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Mohammed Faraj	Ali Bapir
Party	KIU	IGK
Last election	10 seats, 7.56%	4 seats
Seats won	6	4
Seat change	−4	±0
Popular vote	155,972	117,848
Percentage	6.99%	5.53%
Swing	−0.57%

The Kurdistan Region Governorate elections were held on 30 April 2014. The elections for the three Kurdish governorates coincided with the elections for Iraqi parliament.^[1]

Result

Party		Total Votes	Percentage	Total seats	Party Leader
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	816,654	37,79%	34	Massoud Barzani
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	528,122	24,44%	19	Jalal Talabani
	Movement for Change	490,572	22,70%	17	Nawshirwan Mustafa
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	150,972	6,99%	6	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
	Islamic Group of Kurdistan	113,364	5,25%	4	Ali Bapir
	Other Parties	56,354	2,60%	10	-
Total		2,161,128	100%	90	-
^[2]

Arbil Governorate

Party		Total votes	Percentage	Seats	Party Leader
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	372,607	49,31%	12	Massoud Barzani
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	168,603	22,31%	6	Jalal Talabani
	Movement for Change	108,117	14,31%	4	Nawshirwan Mustafa
	Islamic Group of Kurdistan	57,907	7,66%	2	Ali Bapir
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	27,713	3,67%	1	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
	Other parties	19,287	2,57%	5
Total		754,234	100%	30
Sources:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Duhok Governorate

Party		Total votes	Percentage	Seats	Party Leader
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	357,392	71.46%	19	Massoud Barzani
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	62,162	12.43%	3	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	40.796	8,16%	2	Jalal Talabani
	Movement for Change	22,855	4.57%	1	Nawshirwan Mustafa
	Islamic Group of Kurdistan	4.221	0,84%	0	Ali Bapir
	Other parties	16,956	3.39%	3
Total		500.161	100%	28
Sources:^[2]^[3]^[5]

Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Party		Total votes	Percentage	Seats	Party Leader
	Movement for Change	359,600	39.66%	12	Nawshirwan Mustafa
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	318,723	35.15%	11	Jalal Talabani
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	86,655	9.57%	3	Massoud Barzani
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	66,097	7.29%	2	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
	Islamic Group of Kurdistan	55,457	6.12%	2	Ali Bapir
	Kurdistan Alliance	10,512	1.16%	1
	Other parties	9,599	1.06%	1
Total		906,643	100%	32
Sources:^[3]^[2]^[6]

References

^ "Iraq's Kurds Keep One Eye on Iraqi Elections, Another on Local Polls". Rudaw. April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "IHEC announces Kurdistan provincial election results | BAS NEWS". Archived from the original on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results". Rudaw.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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