2005 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election
The Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections of 2005 for the parliament of the Kurdistan Region, were held on 30 January 2005, to coincide with the January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election and elections to the governorate councils. It was the first parliamentary election to be held in Kurdistan Region since 1992.
2005 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election
January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 January 2005 to elect the new National Assembly, alongside governorate elections and a parliamentary election in Kurdistan Region. The 275-member legislature had been created under the Transitional Law during the international occupation. The newly elected body was given a mandate to write a new constitution and exercise legislative functions until the new constitution came into effect. The elections also led to the formation of the Iraqi Transitional Government.
An Iraqi man comes to vote for the first elections in Iraq following the 2003 war
The entrances of the Paris polling station were guarded by CRS police, given the possibility of disruption.
Voting in Washington, DC, USA
Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting.
