The results of the Iraq elections are in. Alas however, Talabani's PUK is so unpopular and did so badly that the Kurdish Regional Government has now decided to abandon the local government elections which were slated to go ahead and are way overdue.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, secured 38 seats in September’s vote for the 111-seat regional parliament, Independent High Electoral Commission spokesman Safaa al-Moussawi told a news conference in the regional capital, Irbil. The KDP previously held 30 seats.
The main opposition party Gorran, or Change, won 24 seats. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which ran in coalition in with the KDP in the last election but on its own this time around, won only 18 seats.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, secured 38 seats in September’s vote for the 111-seat regional parliament, Independent High Electoral Commission spokesman Safaa al-Moussawi told a news conference in the regional capital, Irbil. The KDP previously held 30 seats.
The main opposition party Gorran, or Change, won 24 seats. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which ran in coalition in with the KDP in the last election but on its own this time around, won only 18 seats.
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