Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting.

In the January 30, 2005, Legislative elections, the Iraqi people chose representatives for the newly-formed 275-member Iraqi National Assembly. The voting represented the first general election since the United States-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, and marked an important step in the transition of turning control of the country over from US occupation forces to the Iraqis themselves. Download high resolution version (1500x996, 175 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1500x996, 175 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. ... The Iraqi National Assembly is the unicameral parliament of Iraq which meets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... The neutrality and accuracy of this article are disputed. ...

The newly-elected transitional Assembly will write a new and permanent Constitution for Iraq and will also exercise legislative functions until the new Constitution comes into effect. Two parties supported by the majority Shi'a (or Shiite) Muslim community between them won a majority of seats, while parties representing the Kurdish community will also be strongly represented. Parties representing the Sunni Arab community boycotted the elections and some armed Sunni groups threatened election day violence. There were 44 deaths around polling stations in at least 9 separate attacks on election day. With a total of some 8.4 million votes cast, a 58 percent turnout, the Iraqi Electoral Commission considers the election to have taken place without major disruption. Turnout ranged from 89 percent in the Kurdish region of Dahuk to two percent in the Sunni region of Anbar. Shia Islam ( Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite or Shiite) is the second largest Islamic denomination; some 20-25% of all Muslims are said to follow a Shia tradition. ... Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Categories: Stub | Provinces of Iraq ... Anbar, originally called Firuz Shapur, or Perisapora, a town founded about AD 350 by Shapur (Sapor) II, Sassanid king of Persia, on the east bank of the Euphrates, just south of the Nahr Isa, or Sakhlawieh canal, the northernmost of the canals connecting that river with the Tigris, in lat. ...

Iraq's interim constitution, Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period, requires a two-thirds majority of the new Assembly to select the new presidents, who will appoint the Prime Minister who will take office after receiving a simple majority vote of confidence from the Assembly. Eighteen Governorate Councils and a 111-member council of the Kurdistan Regional Government were also elected. The Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period is the current Iraqi constitution signed on March 8, 2004 by the Iraq Interim Governing Council. ... A Motion of Confidence is a motion of support proposed by a government in a parliament to give members of parliament a chance to register their confidence for a government by means of a parliamentary vote. ... Iraq is divided into 18 provinces or governorates, called muhafazat in Arabic (singular - muhafazah): See also List of places in Iraq External link http://www. ... Official languages: Kurdish and Arabic Capital: Erbil Prime Minister: Nechervan Idris Barzani Area about 80 000 km² Population  - Total (2005):  - Density: perhaps 5,750,000 40/km² Currency: Iraqi dinar Time zone: UTC+3 National anthem: Ey Reqîb The Kurdish Autonomous Region is a political entity established in 1970 following...

Results and turnout

Provisional results released on February 13 showed that the United Iraqi Alliance, tacitly backed by Shi'a leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, led with some 48% of the vote. The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan was in second place with some 26% of the vote. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party, the Iraqi List, came third with some 14%. In total, twelve parties received enough votes to win a seat in the assembly. February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The United Iraqi Alliance is one of the electoral coalitions that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly election in Iraq. ... Ayatollah (Arabic: آية الله; Persian: آیت‌الله) is a high title given to major Shia clergymen. ... Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani ( Arabic: السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني Persian: سید علی حسینی سیستانی), born approximately August 4, 1930, is a Grand Ayatollah, a Shia marja and currently an important person in relation to the occupation of Iraq. ... The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition being presented as a united Kurdish list in the 2005 election in Iraq. ... Iyad Allawi Dr. Iyad Allawi (اياد علاوي) (born 1945) is the interim Prime Minister of Iraq. ...

The majority of the 111 lists that competed in the election did not win seats. The most prominent party to be excluded was the secular, but predominantly Sunni, Independent Democrats Movement led by former exile Adnan Pachachi. It only received some 12,000 votes. Other prominent parties that failed to win seats include the monarchist Constitutional Monarchy Movement, and the Movement of Free Military Officers and Civilians. The United Iraqi Alliance is one of the electoral coalitions that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly election in Iraq. ... Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (b. ... Ibrahim al-Jaafari (b. ... Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani is an Iraqi Shiite nuclear scientist. ... Ahmed Chalabi Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi1 (Arabic: احمد الجلبي) (born October 30, 1944) is the interim minister for oil and a deputy prime minister in Iraq, as of April 28, 2005 [1]. He is also part of a three_man executive council for the umbrella Iraqi opposition group, the Iraqi National... The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition being presented as a united Kurdish list in the 2005 election in Iraq. ... Jalal Talabani (b. ... Massoud Barzani (born August 16, 1946) is the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. ... Iyad Allawi Dr. Iyad Allawi (اياد علاوي) (born 1945) is the interim Prime Minister of Iraq. ... Ghazi al-Yawer Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (born 1958? in Mosul, Iraq) is the interim President of Iraq. ... The Iraqi Turkmen Front (Turkmen: Irak Türkmen Cephesi) is a political movement founded in 1995 which seeks to represent the Turkmen people of Iraq. ... Hamid Majid Mousa was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United Statess 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Adnan Pachachi (born on May 14, 1923 in Baghdad), is the scion of a notable Sunni family with a long tradition in Iraqi politics. ... Iraqi Islamic Party (Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi), a political party in Iraq. ... The Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy (ICM) is a monarchist Iraqi opposition group led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein. ... Adnan Pachachi (born on May 14, 1923 in Baghdad), is the scion of a notable Sunni family with a long tradition in Iraqi politics. ... The Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy (ICM) is a monarchist Iraqi opposition group led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein. ...

Disruption

A member of the Iraqi Security Force hands out pamphlets and provides security at a polling site in Nasarwasalam.

Armed Islamist, Ba'athist and other groups, which have carried out a campaign of bombings and assassinations in Iraq since the beginning of the occupation in 2003 (see Iraqi insurgency), threatened to disrupt the elections by suicide bombing and other violent tactics. Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... Baath Party flag The Ba‘ath Parties (also spelled Baath or Ba‘th; Arabic: اﻟﺒﻌﺚ) comprise political parties representing the political face of the Ba‘ath movement. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Iraqi insurgency is a neologism to describe a loosely organized hostile opposition to the United States run Coalition of the Willing, which, according to the US military is centered in Fallujah. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, head of the al-Qaida affiliate in Iraq, said: "We have declared a fierce war on this evil principle of democracy and those who follow this wrong ideology. Anyone who tries to help set up this system is part of it". He also made it clear that al-Qaida opposes elections in Iraq because they will result in a Shi'a-dominated government. He alleged that "the Shiites aim to begin spreading their evil faith among people through money and fear," [1]  (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=435225) Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in one of eight photos from Rewards for Justice, all undated. ...

A rigid security clampdown succeeded in preventing major disruption of the polling. In most parts of the country Iraqis were able to vote freely. More than 100 armed attacks on polling places took place, killing at least 44 people (including nine suicide bombers) across Iraq, including at least 20 in Baghdad. However, threats by opponents of the election to "wash the streets in blood" were not fulfilled. A street map of Baghdad Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad Baghdad (بغداد) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ...

An unnamed al-Qaida affiliate dismissed the elections as "theatrics" and promised to continue waging "holy war" against coalition forces. "These elections and their results ... will increase our strength and intention to getting rid of injustice," read the statement, which was posted to an Islamist web site. [2] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20050201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_050201130760). Jihad (ǧihād جهاد) is an Arabic word which comes from the Arabic root word jahada, which means exerting utmost effort or to strive. The word connotes a wide range of meanings, from an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect faith, to holy war. ...

Boycott and legitimacy

With civilian cars banned from roads for security, hundreds of residents of the Al Monsour district of Baghdad walk along a freeway to the polls.

One challenge to the legitimacy of the election was the low Sunni turnout, which was as low as 2 percent in Anbar province. Areas with mixed populations saw the vast majority of voters back Shi'ite or Kurdish parties. The largest Sunni party, The Iraqis, won only 1.78% of the vote (for comparison, Sunnis are thought to be 10-15% of the population). Anbar, originally called Firuz Shapur, or Perisapora, a town founded about AD 350 by Shapur (Sapor) II, Sassanid king of Persia, on the east bank of the Euphrates, just south of the Nahr Isa, or Sakhlawieh canal, the northernmost of the canals connecting that river with the Tigris, in lat. ...

The boycott was largely a product of the threatened violence. The violence is centered in the Sunni areas and the Sunni party leaders felt that it would be impossible to hold fair elections in their areas. Major Sunni parties such as the Iraqi Islamic Party and the Association of Muslim Scholars, boycotted the elections, as did some smaller groups such as the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq. The major Sunni groups called for elections to be postponed until the safety of voters could be guaranteed. This call for a delay was supported by some in the west, but any such scheme was strongly opposed by the Shi'a parties. Despite the boycott and the resulting tiny Sunni representation in the assembly, the major party leaders have assured the Sunnis that they will have input into the new constitution. It is also expected that at least one of the major government positions will go to a Sunni. Iraqi Islamic Party (Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi), a political party in Iraq. ... The Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (Arabic: Hizb al-Shuyui al-Ummali al-Iraqi) is a Marxist political party in Iraq and amongst Iraqi exiles. ...

Small groups of protesters around the world marched in support of the boycott of the Iraq elections and against the U.S. occupation of Iraq. They claim that for an Iraqi election to have meaning the U.S. should not be "orchestrating the process". [3]  (http://www.fightbacknews.org/2005/01/iraqelect.htm)

Scott Ritter has alleged that the U.S. has partially rigged the election to reduce the percentage won by the United Iraqi Alliance from 56% to 48%. No evidence has been provided to support these allegations. [4] (http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2295/) William Scott Ritter Jr. ... The United Iraqi Alliance is one of the electoral coalitions that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly election in Iraq. ...

Monitoring

Hundreds of voters line up outside a polling place in Baghdad.

The election was monitored from outside of Iraq by the International Mission for Iraqi Elections made up of members from nine nations and headed by Canada. It was supported by the United Nations but was not a UN operation. The UN recused itself from monitoring the election as it had played a central role in setting up the election. A number of UN staffers worked within the Iraqi electoral commission setting up the election and are considered by some to be de facto international observers. It proved impossible to find monitors that would actually monitor the election from within the country. Rather the IMIE observers were based in Amman, Jordan and monitored the election from there. There were also representatives in Baghdad, generally the staff in the embassies of the IMIE nations. The absentee poll held in fourteen countries around the world were monitored by a wide array of IGO and NGOs, but these groups were unwilling to monitor the election in Iraq itself. Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization made up of 191 states established in 1945. ... Location of Amman Amman (Arabic عمان ʿAmmān), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, is a city of more than 1. ...

It is highly unusual to base the monitoring team outside of the country where the election is being held, but the observers decided this was necessary for safety reasons. Among other security precautions all but the head of the mission, Canadian Jean-Pierre Kingsley remained anonymous. The main burden on monitoring the election thus fell to Iraqi representatives on the ground who sent reports to Amman. The majority of these volunteers were some 35,000 partisan scrutineers representing the parties competing in the election. Another 21,000 non-partisan volunteers were recruited by a variety of agencies and NGOs. [5]  (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/01/28/913415-cp.html) The observers assert that despite the unusual circumstances the election was adequately monitored. Others disagree arguing that the IMIE was created to rubber stamp the U.S. created elections [6]  (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/cana-j17.shtml). Jean-Pierre Kingsley is the Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada. ... A scrutineer is a person who oversees voting in an election, or counts the votes, in order to make sure it is all done correctly. ...

The final report of the IMIE group has not been issued, but Kingsley stated that "the Iraqi elections generally meet international standards," while a preliminary assessment released after polling closed said that areas needing improvement included "transparency regarding financial contributions and expenditures, improvements to the voter registration process and reviewing the criteria for candidate eligibility." [7] (http://www.boston.com/dailynews/031/world/Iraqi_elections_meet_internati:.shtml)

Structure of the elected government

The members of the new National Assembly will be selected from 196 candidate lists, chosen by proportional representation using the Hare quota and the largest remainder method with a threshold of one quota. At least every third candidate on each list must be female, although if many lists each return small number of assembly members the proportion who are women may fall a little short of an exact third. Most observers expect some 30% of the Assembly to be female. The Assembly will write a permanent Constitution, which will then be voted on in a referendum. If the draft Constitution is passed, a new assembly will be elected following the rules laid out in it. Thus this is potentially the first of three elections that will be held in Iraq this year. Proportional Representation (PR) describes various multi-winner electoral systems which try to ensure that the proportional support gained by different groups is accurately reflected in the election result. ... The Hare quota is a formula used to calculate the minimum number, or quota, of votes required to capture a seat in some forms of single transferable vote or largest remainder method party-list proportional representation voting systems. ... The largest remainder method is one way of allocating seats proportionally for representative assemblies with party list voting systems. ...

Out-of-country voting

The entrances of the Paris polling station were guarded by CRS police, given the possibility of disruption. See our Wikinews coverage.

Voting in Washington, DC, USA

The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) also held an "Out-of-Country Voting Program"; it was conducted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The goal of the program was to enable approximately one million eligible voters living outside Iraq to participate in the election of the transitional National Assembly. There are 280,303 registered expatriates. By far the largest group of those eligible to vote are in Iran with significant populations in a number of western countries. Iraqi expatriates voted from January 28 to January 30, 2005. International voters could place their ballots in fourteen countries: A CRS officier in normal gear, standing by a Bastille Day parade The Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (often abbreviated to CRS) are the riot control forces and general reserve of the French National Police. ... The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organisation. ... Voter registration is the requirement in some democracies for citizens to check in with some central registry before being allowed to vote in elections. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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• Canada: Calgary (1), Ottawa (1), and Toronto (3)
• Denmark: Copenhagen
• France: Paris
• Germany: Berlin, Cologne, Mannheim, and Munich
• Iran: Ahvaz, Kermanshah (in Kermanshah province), Mashhad, Orumiyeh, Qom, and Tehran
• Jordan: Amman
• The Netherlands: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Zwolle
• Sweden: Gothenburg and Stockholm
• Syria: Damascus
• Turkey: Ankara, Istanbul
• United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai
• United Kingdom: Glasgow, London, and Manchester
• United States: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; Nashville, Tennessee; and Washington, D.C.

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• United Iraqi Alliance - 95,318 votes or 36.15%
• Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan - 78,062 votes, or 29.6%
• Iraqi List - 24,136 votes, or 9.15%
• National Rafidain List - 18,538 votes, or 7.03%.
• People's Union - 11,640 votes, or 4.41%
• Iraq Turkman Front - 6,329 votes, or 2.40%
• National Assyrian Group - 4,198 votes, or 1.59%
• The Iraqis - 2,315 votes, or 0.88%

These results are not representative of the vote in Iraq itself. Iraqi Christians, who are the base of support for the National Rafidain List and the National Assyrian Group, are heavily overrepresented in exile communities as are Kurds. The United Iraqi Alliance is one of the electoral coalitions that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly election in Iraq. ... The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition being presented as a united Kurdish list in the 2005 election in Iraq. ...

Kurdish regional election

Elections to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the 111-member legislature of the Kurdish Autonomous Region, were held on the same day as the federal legislative elections. Official languages: Kurdish and Arabic Capital: Erbil Prime Minister: Nechervan Idris Barzani Area about 80 000 km² Population  - Total (2005):  - Density: perhaps 5,750,000 40/km² Currency: Iraqi dinar Time zone: UTC+3 National anthem: Ey Reqîb The Kurdish Autonomous Region is a political entity established in 1970 following...

• Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 2005

Governate council elections

Governate council elections were held on the same day as the legislative elections. Each province has a 41-member council, except for Baghdad, whose council has 51 members:

• Al-Anbar governorate council election
• Arbil governorate council election
• Babil governorate council election
• Baghdad governorate council election
• Basra governorate council election
• Dahuk governorate council election
• Dhi Qar governorate council election
• Diyala governorate council election
• Karbala governorate council election
• Maysan governorate council election
• Najaf governorate council election
• Ninawa governorate council election
• Muthanna governorate council election
• Qadisyah governorate council election
• At-Ta'mim governorate council election
• Salah ad Din governorate council election
• Sulaymaniyah governorate council election
• Wasit governorate council election

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External links

• Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (http://www.ieciraq.org/english.html), in English
• Official Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program (http://www.iraqocv.org/php/index.php?lang=eng), in English
• The Economist: Iraqi legislative election who's who (http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=3556513) (pay site)
• BBC: Questions and Answers on the Iraqi election (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3971635.stm), Discussion of some of the main lists and candidates (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4051977.stm)
• Democracy Watch International: Iraqi-Democracy Scorecard (http://democracywatch.org/countries/iz.html)
• The Iraqi and Vietnamese Elections (http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/9055)
• Angus Reid Consultants - Election Tracker (http://www.angus-reid.com/tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=5143)