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On 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 United States 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. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Police. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... The Iraqi National Assembly is the unicameral parliament of Iraq which meets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... Combatants Coalition Forces (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Poland) Iraq Commanders Tommy Franks Saddam Hussein Strength 263,000 375,000 The 2003 Invasion of Iraq began on March 20 and consisted mainly of United States and United Kingdom forces. ... Occupation zones in Iraq as of September 2003 The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthrew the Baath Party government of Saddam Hussein. ...

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 % turnout, the Iraqi Electoral Commission considers the election to have taken place without major disruption. Voter turnout ranged from 89 % in the Kurdish region of Dahuk to two percent in the Sunni region of Anbar. 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 majority is a subset of a group that is more than half of the entire group. ... Shia Islam or Shi`ism (from the Arabic word شيعة, Persian: شیعه) is the second largest denomination of the religion of Islam. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of 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. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Voters lining up outside a Baghdad polling station during the 2005 Iraqi election. ... 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. ...

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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 (Arabic: الائتلاف العراقي الموحد; transliterated: al-Itilāf al-`IrāqÄ« al-Muwaḥḥad) is the electoral coalition that achieved the most votes in the December 15, 2005, National Assembly election in Iraq. ... Ayatollah (Arabic: آية الله; Persian: آيت‌الله) is a high rank given to major Shīˤa clerics. ... Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani (Arabic: السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني Persian: سید علی حسینی سیستانی) (born approximately August 4, 1930) is an Iranian 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 first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. ... Iyad Allawi Dr. Iyad Allawi (اياد علاوي) (born 1945) is the interim Prime Minister of Iraq. ... The Iraqi List (Arabic: al-Qayimaal Iraqia) is a political party list in the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005, consisting of mainly secular Shia. ...

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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 (Arabic: الائتلاف العراقي الموحد; transliterated: al-Itilāf al-`Irāqī al-Muwaḥḥad) is the electoral coalition that achieved the most votes in the December 15, 2005, National Assembly election in Iraq. ... Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (b. ... Ibrahim al-Jaafari Dr. Ibrahim al-Ashaiqir al-Jaafari (Arabic: ) (born 1947) is the Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government following the elections of January 2005. ... Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani is an Iraqi Shiite nuclear scientist. ... 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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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 848 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Iraqi legislative election, 2005 ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 848 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Iraqi legislative election, 2005 ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Bath Party flag The Arab Socialist Bath Party (also spelled Baath or Baath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي) was founded in 1945 as a radical, left-wing, secular Arab nationalist political party. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Iraqi militants celebrating orders that the surrounding Coalition forces were given to stand-down. ... A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ...

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] Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an undated AP photograph. ...

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. Location of Baghdad within Iraq Baghdad (Arabic: ) (Bexda in Kurdish) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...

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]. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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 Arab Sunni turnout, which was as low as 2 % in Anbar province. Areas with mixed populations saw the vast majority of voters back Shi'ite or Kurdish parties. The largest Arab Sunni party, The Iraqis, won only 1.78% of the vote (for comparison, Arab Sunnis are thought to be 20-30% of the population). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1405x780, 376 KB) A ban on driving cars is no deterrent to hundreds of residents of the Al Monsour district of Baghdad, Iraq, as they walk along a freeway to head to the polls to cast their ballots during the first... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1405x780, 376 KB) A ban on driving cars is no deterrent to hundreds of residents of the Al Monsour district of Baghdad, Iraq, as they walk along a freeway to head to the polls to cast their ballots during the first... 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 Iraqis is an Iraqi political party led by interim President Ghazi al-Yawar. ...

The boycott was largely a product of the threatened violence. The violence is centered in the Arab Sunni areas and the Arab Sunni party leaders felt that it would be impossible to hold fair elections in their areas. Major Arab 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 Arab 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 Arab Sunni representation in the assembly, the major party leaders have assured the Arab 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 an Arab Sunni. Iraqi Islamic Party (Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi), a Sunni political party in Iraq. ... This article needs to be updated. ... 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]

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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[5] 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2000x880, 385 KB) Iraqi voters wait in line to cast their vote at one of the polling sites in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2000x880, 385 KB) Iraqi voters wait in line to cast their vote at one of the polling sites in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 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. [6] 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 [7]. Jean-Pierre Kingsley is the Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada. ... A scrutineer is a person who observes voting in an election, and/or observes the counting of ballot papers, in order to check that election rules are followed. ...

At the close of the polls, 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." [8]

The final report is available on the IMIE Web site[9]

Structure of the elected government

The members of the National Assembly have been 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, also known as full representation, is an electoral system in which the overall votes are reflected in the overall outcome of the body or bodies of representatives. ... 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 registration and voting (OCV)

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 Registration and 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: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1696x656, 228 KB) the polling station in Paris, France for the 2005 Iraqi elections; front entrance guarded by CRS riot police Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to this file: Iraqi legislative election, 2005 ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1696x656, 228 KB) the polling station in Paris, France for the 2005 Iraqi elections; front entrance guarded by CRS riot police Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to this file: Iraqi legislative election, 2005 ... A CRS officier in normal gear, standing by a Bastille Day parade The Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (Republican Security Companies, CRS) are the riot control forces and general reserve of the French National Police. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 778 KB) Iraq Out of Country Voting at the Washington, DC site (actually New Carrollton, Maryland) in the U.S. on Sunday, 31 January 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 778 KB) Iraq Out of Country Voting at the Washington, DC site (actually New Carrollton, Maryland) in the U.S. on Sunday, 31 January 2005. ... The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) is Iraqs electoral commission. ... 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 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Australia: Melbourne, Shepparton and Sydney
• 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.

The preliminary tally of these votes was released by the IECI on February 4, 2005. They found the United Iraqi Alliance in the lead with 36.15% of the vote. According to the Jerusalem Post the full totals were: Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Location of Shepparton in Victoria (red) Shepparton is a country town located in Victoria, Australia. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Motto: Heart of the new west Area: 712. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Established: {{{Established}}} Area: 2,778. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Established: March 6, 1834 Area: East to West: 43 km North to South: 21 km629. ... 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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 (Arabic: الائتلاف العراقي الموحد; transliterated: al-Itilāf al-`Irāqī al-Muwaḥḥad) is the electoral coalition that achieved the most votes in the December 15, 2005, National Assembly election in Iraq. ... The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. ... The Iraqi List (Arabic: al-Qayimaal Iraqia) is a political party list in the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005, consisting of mainly secular Shia. ... The National Rafidain List or Al Rafideen National List is one of the coalitions of Iraqi political parties that ran in the 2005 Iraqi election. ... The Ittihad Al Shaab or Program of Peoples Unity is the communist party list in the 2005 Iraqi election. ... The Iraqi Turkmen Front (Turkmen: Irak Türkmen Cephesi) is a political movement founded in 1995 which seeks to represent the Turkmen people of Iraq. ... The Iraqis is an Iraqi political party led by interim President Ghazi al-Yawar. ...

An evaluation of the OCV program by the International Mission for Iraqi Elections is available on the IMIE Web site[10]

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. Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly (Kurdish: Encumenî Nîştimanî Kurdistan, Arabic: lit: Al-Majlis Al-Watani Li Kurdistan) is the parliament of Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraqi Kurdistan. ... See also Southern (or Iraqi) Kurdistan The Kurdish Autonomous Region is a political entity established in 1970 following the agreement of an Autonomy Accord between the government of Iraq and leaders of the Iraqi Kurdish community. ...

• Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 2005

Elections to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq, were held on 30 January 2005, to coincide with the national Iraqi election and elections to the provincial councils. ...

Governorate council elections

Governorate 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. The detailed results are as follows:

• 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

Summary results are here: Iraqi governorate elections, Jan 2005 The election for the governate council of Iraqs al-Anbar governate were held on January 31, 2005. ... The Babil Governorate elections resulted in the election of 41 members of the Provincial Council (PC). ... The Governorate Council election in the Ninawa governate of Iraq was held on January 30, 2005, simultaneously with the national legislative election. ... Governate council elections were held on the same day as the elections for the transitional Iraqi National Assembly. ...

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• Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, in English
• Official Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program, in English
• The Economist: Iraqi legislative election who's who (pay site)
• BBC: Questions and Answers on the Iraqi election, Discussion of some of the main lists and candidates
• Democracy Watch International: Iraqi-Democracy Scorecard
• The Iraqi and Vietnamese Elections
• Angus Reid Consultants - Election Tracker

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