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Kurds to get more than 63 seats in Iraq
parliament
8.3.2010
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March
8, 2010
ERBIL-Hewlęr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — According to
preliminary results and sources of Rudaw, Kurds for
now will get 63 seats in the Iraqi parliament
elections. The final results will be announced on
Thursday.
Still the total number of votes haven’t been counted
yet. Especially votes from the diaspora and other
electoral districts. The Islamic parties Islamic
Union of Kurdistan, IUK, (5) and Islamic Group,
Komal, (2) will also be part of the Iraqi
parliament.
Kurdistan Alliance wins
majority
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) won 29 seats.
In Duhok, the KDP got 9 seats of the 10 seats. The
other seat was won by the Islamic Union of
Kurdistan. KDP also won the majority of Kurdish
seats in Hawler (Erbil) and Mosul (Nineveh).
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The Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan (PUK) won in the disputed province of
Kirkuk. The party of Jalal Talabani got 5 seats, the
KDP 2 seats and Gorran one. Possible Kurds will get
an extra seat. The IUK also claims to have won one
seat in Kirkuk.
Gorran newcomer
The Kurdish opposition movement Change (Gorran) won
14 seats. They got seven seats in Sulaimaniyah, and
three in Hawler, achieving more seats than the PUK.
In the city of Sulaimaniyah Gorran got the majority
of the vote, but in the province of Sulaimaniyah,www.ekurd.netthe
PUK-KDP got more seats.
Gorran won three seats in Erbil, KDP seven and PUK
two. Komal and the IUK both got one seat.
Mosul and Diyala
In Mosul the KDP got 8 seats of the 31 seats of
Nineveh, with another seat which was reserved for
minorities. A source of the Change list (Gorran)
claims they have one two seats, while Komal and IUK
got one seat.
KDP (3) and PUK (2) got 5 seats in the disputed
province of Diyala. Its unlikely Gorran will win a
seat there.
Upcoming Thursday the definitive results will be
announced. Until now it looks like the Kurds will
get 63 of the 325 seats of the Iraqi parliament.
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