Description of election in Iraq.......
Under the Iraqi constitution of 1925, Iraq was a constitutional monarchy, with a bicameral legislature consisting of an elected House of Representatives and an appointed Senate. The lower house was elected every four years by manhood suffrage (women did not vote). The first Parliament met in 1925.
Ten general elections were held before the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958. The electoral system, however, was manipulated by the King and his advisors, who were Sunni Muslims, to ensure that the Shi'a majority were prevented from taking power. On October 16, 2002, after a well-publicized show election, Iraqi officials declared that Saddam had been re-elected to another seven-year term as President by a 100% unanimous vote of all 11,445,638 eligible Iraqis, eclipsing the 99.96% received in 1995. Outside governments dismissed the vote as lacking credibility.
The opening session of the Council of Representatives had been 16 March 2006 (the swearing in session) and the first substantive session of the Council of Representatives was then held on 22 April 2006. The Court was of the opinion that the swearing in session on 16 March 2006 was the "first session" as required by Article 56(First).
It therefore followed that the conclusion of the 4th year would be on 15 March 2010 and that the election should be 45 days prior to 15 March 2010, i.e. 30 January 2010. The court decided that the Calendar year referred to was the 365 day Gregorian year (and not for example the 360 day Hijri year).
Registered Voters (as of )
Elections in our database=5
Average Turnout=65.80%
Election For Date Votes Registered Turn Out
Voters
Council of
Representatives 2014-04-30 - - -
Council of
Representatives 2010-03-07 11,526,412 19,000,000 60.67%
Council of
Representatives 2005-12-15 12,396,631 15,568,702 79.63%
Referendum 2005-10-15 10,053,380 15,568,702 64.57%
Council of
Representatives 2005-01-30 8,550,571 14,662,639 58.32%
