Shafaq News/ On Saturday, an informed source reported thevictory of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in the special ballot for theparliamentary elections in the Kurdistan region, with a number of votesamounted to about 83,000 votes.
The source told Shafaq News that the results of the specialballot within the Kurdistan Region and some other provinces reached 90%.
“The KDP topped the results with 82,979 votes, followed bythe Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) with 51,345 votes, then the NewGeneration Movement with 11,207 votes.”
According to the source, the Kurdistan Islamic Union secured2,885 votes, the Position Party received 2,492 votes, the Kurdistan JusticeGroup garnered 2,391 votes, the People's Front Party obtained 2,110 votes, andthe Gorran (Change Movement) received 705 votes.
On Friday morning, the Independent High Electoral Commission(IHEC) opened the electoral centers to allow members of the Peshmerga forcesand the internal security forces to cast their votes on the special voting dayfor the elections for the Kurdistan Region Parliament in its sixth session.
The voting process began at 165 polling centers at 7:00 amand ended at 6:00 pm, according to the time set by the Electoral Commission.
In the Kurdistan Region, 1,091 candidates are competing for100 seats. Five of the seats are reserved as “quotas” for the minority groups,down from 11 seats, following a decision by the Federal Supreme Court (thehighest judicial authority in Iraq).
The number of seats reserved for women according to theelection law should be 30 at least.
The total number of voters in the Kurdistan Region is2,899,578, 215,960 of whom are eligible to vote in the special ballot, whilethe remaining 2,683,618 voters will vote in the general ballot tomorrow,Sunday.