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Kurds to get more than 63 seats in Iraq parliament

March 8, 2010 ERBIL-Hewlêr, 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).

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.