Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 1992

Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 1992

On May 19, 1992, elections were held to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq. At the time, the National Assembly had 105 seats, of which 5 were reserved for the Assyrian community. Parties had to achieve more than 7% of the vote to be elected.

The results were a narrow vistory for the Kurdish Democratic Party, who won 51 seats against the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan-led alliance which won 49 seats. The KDP decided to give up one seat to the PUK so that each would have 50 seats.

Presidential elections held conjointly resulted in a narrow victory for Massoud Barzani, leader of the KDP.

* [http://www.kdp.pp.se/parli.html Kurdistan National Assembly Parliament]
* [http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/1154/parl.htm ]


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