2025 Iraqi parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Iraq in 2025. The elections will determine the 329 members of Iraq's Council of Representatives, who are responsible for electing the country's president and approving the appointment of the prime minister.[1][2]
Background
[edit]The 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election resulted in violent clashes in Baghdad as well as a political crisis of eleven months.[3] On 3 August 2022, Muqtada al-Sadr called for snap elections, but was unsuccessful, which led to the pro-Iran State of Law Coalition forming a government. Muqtada al-Sadr left politics and his party resigned from the Council of Representatives.[4] There are speculations he will return to politics ahead of the elections.[5]
Electoral system
[edit]The electoral system was changed following the 2018 parliamentary elections amid the protests from 2019 to 2021. Previously parliamentary elections had been held using proportional representation, with seats allocated using the Webster/Sainte-Laguë method, using governorates as constituencies. As a result, the 2021 parliamentary elections were held using single non-transferable vote in 83 multi-member constituencies.[6] The distribution of electoral districts in each governorate relies on the number of quota seats for women multiplied by three or five seats for the electoral district depending on the governate's population. A quarter of the total seats are reserved for women in the constituencies, while nine are reserved for minorities (five for Christians and one each for Yazidis, Shabaks, Mandaeans and Feyli Kurds).[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nearly 30 million Iraqis eligible to vote in 2025 elections". Shafaq News. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Iraqi Parliament 2025: New Map for Shiite Seats, Sudani Set to Win Sizable Share". english.aawsat.com. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Iraqi MPs from Muqtada al-Sadr's bloc resign". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ Yuan, Shawn. "Sadrists quit Iraq's parliament, but al-Sadr isn't going away". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Reports hint at a possible Sadr return to Iraqi political scene". The New Region. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "تعليمات توزيع المقاعد لانتخابات مجلس النواب العراقي 2021". Independent High Electoral Commission (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ "Iraq's Electoral Preparations and Processes Report No. 4 (10 December 2020)". UN Assistance Mission for Iraq. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-21 – via Reliefweb.
- ^ "قانون انتخابات مجلس النواب العراقي : رقم (٩ (لسنة ٢" (PDF). Ministry of Justice (in Arabic). 11 May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-13.