People's Union (Iraq)

People's Union (Iraq)

The People's Union ("Ittihad Al Shaab" or another name in English: "Program of People's Unity") was the main communist party list in the January 2005 Iraqi legislative election. It is made up of the Iraqi Communist Party and independent candidate Hikmat Dawud Hakim. Before the election, it attempted to form a wider coalition among secularist groups, but this effort failed. The list was led by Hamid Majid Mousa, who served on the Governing Council and as minister of culture on the interim government. The party, while small, ran one of the more organized campaigns in the election, and its list of 257 candidates was the longest of any party. In the January elections, the People's Union received just under 70,000 votes, or about 0.8% of ballots cast, earning them two seats in the transitional Iraqi National Assembly.

Prior to the December 2005 elections, the list merged with several others to join the Iraqi National List.


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