| Parliament name |
Council of Representatives of Iraq |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
13 September 2005
Election Law no. 16, amended by Law no. 26 (10.02.2010) |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 318
other 7 |
| Constituencies |
18 governorate-based constituencies for 318 seats including 8 seats reserved for minorities (the remaining 7 seats are "national compensatory seats". See the "Voting system").
Breakdown for the 318 seats apportioned to each governorate:
Anbar: 14
Babil: 16
Baghdad: 70 (including 1 seat for Christians and 1 seat for the Sabean)
Basra: 24
Diyala: 13
Dahuk: 11 (including 1 seat for Christians)
Erbil: 15 (including 1 seat for Christians)
Kerbala: 10
Kirkuk: 13 (including 1 seat for Christians)
Missan: 10
Muthana: 7
Najaf: 12
Ninewa: 34 (including 1 seat for Christians, 1 seat for the Yzidi and 1 seat for the Shabak)
Qadissiya: 11
Salahaddin: 12
Sulaymaniya: 17
Thi-Qar: 18
Wassit: 11 |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
Proportional representation system (governorate-based) for 318 of the 325 seats.
- The remaining 7 seats ("national compensatory seats") are allotted to the winning lists according to the proportion of seats they receive.
- At least 25% of the members of the parliament must be women.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- Iraqi citizenship
- age: at least 18 years
- Legally competent persons
- Registration on the voters' list |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified voters
- Iraqi citizenship
- age: at least 30 years
- Possession of a high-school certificate
Ineligibilities:
- Persons covered by the de-Baathification law (the Accountability and Justice law, which restricts the political participation of high-ranking officials of the dissolved Baath Party);
- Persons convicted of a crime violating honour;
- Persons who have enriched themselves in an illegitimate manner at the expense of the homeland and public finance
- Persons who are members of the armed forces at the time of their nomination |
| Incompatibilities |
- other official positions. |
| Candidacy requirements |
- Each party list must comprise at least one woman among every three nominees.
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