Election to the Council of Representatives in Iraq 2018

The election for the 2018 Council of Representatives in Iraq took place on May 12, 2018. It was the fourth parliamentary election since Saddam Hussein was overthrown , the second since the US troops withdrew at the end of 2011 and the first since large parts of the country were recaptured by the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) by the end of 2017.

Candidates

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (2015)

Almost 7,000 candidates, around 2,000 of them women, applied for the 329 parliamentary seats. A total of 87 party lists ran for election.

The al-Hashd al-Sha'bī (PMF, People's Mobilization ) ran for the first time. As an association of Shiite militias , it is supported by neighboring Iran , just like the Islamic Dawa party under Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi .

course

The election took place under great security precautions. Attacks were feared on election day. According to the army, at least one policeman was killed and five others injured when a polling station in the village of Abu Sina in Diyala Governorate was attacked with rockets and grenades.

Election result

Supporters of al-Sadr after the preliminary election results were communicated

According to preliminary results, the electoral alliance “Sairun”, consisting of the nationalist movement of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (who did not run for election) and secular forces (including the Iraqi Communist Party , ICP), received the most votes before the alliance “Fateh “(Conquest) led by Popular Mobilization (PMF). Prime Minister Abadi's alliance “Nasr” (victory) came third. As-Sadr's alliance calls for a government of technocrats in which posts are assigned based on ability rather than membership of a religious group or political loyalties.

Based on reports of irregularities, Parliament decided to recount completely.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Parliamentary elections in Iraq ended without major incidents . Welt Online, May 12, 2018.
2. ↑ Iraq elections become a battleground for Iranian influence . The Guardian, May 12, 2018. (English)
3. ↑ Election winner Sadr promotes a broad alliance . FAZ.net, May 16, 2018.
4. ↑ http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/irak-wahl-wird-komplett-neu-ausgezaehlt.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=890402