Special Voting in the Iraqi Parliamentary Elections – 11/11/2025

2025-10-28 07:52:10

This report includes the votes of the political parties in the special voting (2013–2018–2024) and the differences in their votes during special voting across previous elections, as well as information on the upcoming special voting in the Iraqi parliamentary elections scheduled for November 11, 2025.

Total Number of Eligible Voters for the 11/11/2025 Elections

Total: 3,883,501
Those who have updated their biometric data: 3,068,350 → 79%
Those who have not updated their biometric data: 815,151 → 21%
Total valid voters: 3,068,350
- General voters: 2,844,052 → 93%
- Special voters: 224,333 → 7%

Erbil Province

General voting: 1,002,087 → 92%
Special voting: 85,793 → 8%
Total: 1,087,880

Sulaimani Province

General voting: 1,119,111 → 93%
Special voting: 82,547 → 7%
Total: 1,201,846

Duhok Province

General voting: 722,853 → 93%
Special voting: 55,993 → 7%
Total: 778,846

Results of Special Voting in the Elections of 20/10/2024

Out of a total of 165,000 counted votes,

Valid votes: 138,724
Invalid votes: 26,644
Together they form 19% of the total.
Among the valid votes:
KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party): 39%
PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan): 24%
New Generation Movement: 6%

In the special voting, 215,960 people were eligible to vote.
The turnout rate was 97%, meaning 208,521 people cast their votes.

By province:

Erbil:
Eligible: 89,791
Turnout: 97% → 87,513 votes cast
Sulaimani:
Eligible: 78,661
Turnout: 97% → 76,501 votes cast
Duhok:
Eligible: 40,956
Turnout: 98% → 40,206 votes cast
Halabja:
Eligible: 952
Turnout: 96% → 917 votes cast

Votes by Party in the Four Provinces of the Kurdistan Region

From 215,960 eligible voters, 165,368 votes have been collected:

Valid votes: 138,724
Invalid votes: 26,644 → 19% invalid

Party results:

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP): 64,585 votes → 39%
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK): 39,823 votes → 24%
New Generation Movement: 9,034 votes → 6%
Kurdistan Islamic Union (Yekgirtu): 2,384 votes → 1%
Hawlwest: 2,037 votes → 1%
Justice Group (Komal): 1,979 votes → 1%
People's Front: 1,869 votes → 1%
Gorran (Change Movement): 450 votes → 0.3%

Erbil Province

Eligible special voters: 89,791 → 87,513 voted (97%)
Out of 62,285 counted votes:

Valid votes: 54,094
Invalid votes: 8,191 → 13%

Party results:

KDP: 37,595 votes
PUK: 4,486 votes
New Generation: 3,113 votes
Justice Group (Komal): 622 votes
Hawlwest (Stance): 507 votes
Islamic Union (Yekgirtu): 476 votes
(People’s Front): 406 votes
Kurdistan Alliance: 136 votes

Sulaimani Province

Eligible special voters: 78,661 → 76,501 voted (97%)
Out of 71,745 counted votes:

Valid votes: 55,645
Invalid votes: 16,100 → 23%

Party results:

PUK: 33,681 votes
New Generation: 4,825 votes
KDP: 3,897 votes
People's Front(People’s Path): 1,415 votes
Hawlwest (Stance): 1,314 votes
Justice Group (Komal): 1,250 votes
Islamic Union (Yekgirtu): 932 votes
Kurdistan Alliance: 532 votes
Gorran Movement: 438 votes
Sardam List: 241 votes

Duhok Province

Eligible: 40,956 → 40,206 voted (98%)
Out of 31,338 counted votes:

Valid votes: 28,985
Invalid votes: 2,353

Party results:

KDP: 23,093 votes
New Generation: 1,096 votes
PUK: 1,656 votes
Islamic Union: 940 votes
Hawlwest: 216 votes
Justice Group: 107 votes
Gorran: 12 votes
Kurdistan Alliance: 45 votes

Halabja Province

Eligible: 952 → 917 voted (96%)

Known results:

PUK: 509 votes
Islamic Union: 35 votes
New Generation: 28 votes
Justice Group: 20 votes
KDP: 12 votes
Hawlwest: 10 votes
(People’s Front): 6 votes

Differences in Party Votes in Special Voting – Parliamentary Elections of 2013, 2018, and 2024

In the 2013 elections (21/9/2013):
Out of 154,050 eligible special voters, 144,434 voted → 93.8% turnout

Results across the three provinces of the Kurdistan Region (2013):

KDP: 59,794 votes → 41.4%
In 2018, KDP gained 62,656 votes (40%), increasing its share by 1.4%
PUK: 36,349 votes → 25.2%
In 2018, PUK got 44,870 votes (28.7%), an increase of 3.4%
Gorran (Change Movement): 24,130 votes → 16.7%
In 2018, Gorran got 9,303 votes (6%), a 10.7% drop, around 14,000 fewer votes (60% decrease)
Komal (Islamic Group):
2013: 3,990 votes (2.8%)
2018: 4,095 votes (2.6%) → roughly unchanged
Islamic Union (Yekgirtu):
2013: 4,923 votes (3.4%)
2018: Reform List 1,907 votes (1.2%) → 2.2% decrease, around 3,000 fewer votes, a 300% reduction