2018 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

2018 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election
30 September 2018
Total of 111 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nechirvan Barzani Kosrat Rasul Ali
Party KDP PUK
Last election 38 18
Seats won 45 21
Seat change 7 3
Popular vote 688,070 319,219
Percentage 44.13% 20.47%
Prime Minister before election

Nechirvan Barzani
KDP

Elected Prime Minister

Masrour Barzani
KDP

Parliamentary elections took place in the Kurdistan Region on 30 September 2018 to elect Parliament. The election came a year after the 2017 referendum to succeed and left the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) with 45 seats, that positioning it to lead the next regional government. Announcement of the results was delayed for three weeks. The KDP's historic rival and junior coalition partner in government, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), was in second place with 21 seats. The results suggested that Masoud Barzani’s KDP would take a dominant position in Kurdish politics.

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