Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling KDP wins delayed elections

Disputes betwixt the large parties – KDP and PUK – could complicate the enactment of a caller government.

The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has travel archetypal successful parliamentary elections successful the semiautonomous Kurdistan portion of Iraq.

The KDP won 39 seats successful the 100-seat parliament, the predetermination committee said connected Wednesday, putting it astatine the helm of the adjacent determination government.

The KDP’s humanities rival and inferior conjugation spouse successful government, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), came 2nd successful the October 20 elections with 23 seats, the committee said astatine a quality conference.

The largest Kurdish absorption party, New Generation, came a distant 3rd with 15 seats.

The committee said elector turnout was 72 percent, up from the 59 percent reported successful the erstwhile predetermination successful 2018.

The elections were primitively planned for 2022, but the polls were repeatedly delayed by disputes betwixt the KDP and the PUK. Ongoing disputes betwixt the rivals could complicate the enactment of a caller government.

The KDP and PUK, which person been sharing powerfulness since 1992, are apt to proceed governing together, but the results suggest that erstwhile Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani’s KDP volition instrumentality a ascendant position.

The caller parliament indispensable elite a president and premier minister, posts that are present held by KDP figures Nechirvan Barzani and his relative Masrour Barzani, respectively.