1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

19 May 1992

All 105 seats in the Kurdish National Assembly 53 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats KDP Masoud Barzani 45.27 51 PUK Jalal Talabani 43.82 49 Assyrian minority (5 seats) ADM Yonadam Kanna 54.66 4 KCU Sarkis Aghajan 23.03 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Map showing areas where the PUK won a majority in green and were the KDP won a majority in Yellow Prime Minister Fuad Masum PUK

On 19 May 1992 elections were held to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdistan 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. There were 178 polling stations around the region.

The election resulted in a narrow victory for the Kurdish Democratic Party, which won 51 seats, its main rival, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's Alliance won 49 seats. However, due to fraud allegations KDP gave up one seat to the PUK so that each would have 50 seats, they proceeded to form a unity government which lasted until May 1994, when the Kurdish Civil War broke out.

On 4 June 1992, KDP Secretary General Jawhar Namiq Salim was elected Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly and prominent PUK member Fuad Masum was elected Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	437,879	45.27	51
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	423,833	43.82	49
	Kurdistan Islamic Movement	49,108	5.08	0
	Kurdistan Socialist Party – Iraq	24,882	2.57	0
	Iraqi Communist Party	21,123	2.18	0
	Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	9,903	1.02	0
	Independent Democrats	501	0.05	0
Total		967,229	100.00	100
Valid votes		967,229	99.51
Invalid/blank votes		4,724	0.49
Total votes		971,953	100.00
Source: Kurdistan Elections

Assyrian seats

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Assyrian Democratic Movement	6,543	54.66	4
	Kurdistan Christian Unity	2,757	23.03	1
	Khaldu-Ashur Communist Party	2,134	17.83	0
	Democratic Christians	537	4.49	0
Total		11,971	100.00	5

Governorate breakdown

Dahuk Governorate

Party	Total votes	Percentage
Kurdistan Democratic Party	168,683	85.46%
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	15,184	7.69%
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	6,051	3.07%
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	3,874	1.96%
Kurdistan Socialist Party	1,983	1.01%
Iraqi Communist Party	1,546	0.78%
Other	49	0.03%
Total	197,370	100%

Note: Dahuk included the Aqrah and Shekhan Districts which were officially part of Nineveh Governorate.

Erbil Governorate

Party	Total votes	Percentage
Kurdistan Democratic Party	152,143	45.58%
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	148,352	44.44%
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	11,092	3.32%
Iraqi Communist Party	11,047	3.31%
Kurdistan Socialist Party	8,883	2.66%
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	2,101	0.63%
Other	184	0.15%
Total	333,802	100%

Note: The Makhmour district was at this time still under control of the Iraqi government, no elections were held there.

As Sulaymaniya Governorate

Party	Total votes
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	207,168	59.54%
Kurdistan Democratic Party	92,449	26.57%
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	29,334	8.43%
Kurdistan Socialist Party	11,978	3.44%
Iraqi Communist Party	5,693	1.64%
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	1,118	0.32%
Other	213	0.06%
Total	347,953	100%

Diyala Governorate

Party	Total votes	Percentage
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	53,129	60.28%
Kurdistan Democratic Party	24,604	27.92%
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	4,808	5.46%
Iraqi Communist Party	2,837	3.22%
Kurdistan Socialist Party	2,038	2.31%
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	663	0.75%
Other	55	0.62%
Total	88,134	100%

Only two areas in the Diyala Governorate were under Kurdish control: Darbandikhan and Khanaqin.

External links

• Kurdistan National Assembly Parliament
• https://web.archive.org/web/20091026140537/http://geocities.com/capitolhill/congress/1154/parl.htm