1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

On 19 May 1992 elections were held to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. At the time, the National Assembly had 105 seats, of which 5 were reserved for the Assyrian community. Parties had to achieve more than 7% of the vote to be elected. There were 178 polling stations around the region.

Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, 1992

19 May 1992
Total of 105 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly 53 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Massoud Barzani Jalal Talebani Party KDP PUK Seats won 51 49 Seat change 51 49 Popular vote 437,879 423,833 Percentage 45.3% 43.8%
Map showing areas where the PUK won a majority in green and were the KDP won a majority in Yellow
Prime Minister before election Post-Created Elected Prime Minister Fuad Masum PUK

The election resulted in a narrow victory for the Kurdish Democratic Party, which won 51 seats, its main rival, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's Alliance won 49 seats. However, due to fraud allegations KDP gave up one seat to the PUK so that each would have 50 seats, they proceeded to form a unity government which lasted until May 1994, when the Kurdish Civil War broke out.

On 4 June 1992, KDP Secretary General Jawhar Namiq Salim was elected Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly and prominent PUK member Fuad Masum was elected Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region.

Results

Electoral Alliance	Votes		Seats	Leaders
	Total count	Percent
Kurdistan Democratic Party	437,879	45.3%	51	Masoud Barzani
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan1	423,833	43.8%	49	Jalal Talabani
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	49,108	5.1%	0	Osman Abdulaziz
Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party	24,882	2.6%	0	Mahmoud Othman
Iraqi Communist Party	21,123	2.2%	0	Aziz Muhammad
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	9,903	1.0%	0
Independent Democrats	501	—	0
Valid votes cast	967,229	99.9%
Invalid votes	4,724	0.1%
Total votes cast	971,953	100%	100	Source

¹The PUK's list included the Struggle Party and the Kurdistan Toilers' Party, which won 4 seats.[1]

Assyrian Parties	Votes		Seats	Leaders
	Total count	Percent
Assyrian Democratic Movement	6,543	54%	4	Yonadam Kanna
Kurdistan Christian Unity	2,757	23%	1	Sarkis Aghajan
Khaldu-Ashur Communist Party	2,134	18%	-
Democratic Christians	537	5%	-

Governorate breakdown

Dahuk Governorate

Party	Total votes	Percentage
Kurdistan Democratic Party	168,683	85.46%
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	15,184	7.69%
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	6,051	3.07%
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	3,874	1.96%
Kurdistan Socialist Party	1,983	1.01%
Iraqi Communist Party	1,546	0.78%
Other	49	0.03%
Total	197,370	100%

Note: Dahuk included the Aqrah and Shekhan Districts which were officially part of Nineveh Governorate.

Erbil Governorate

Party	Total votes	Percentage
Kurdistan Democratic Party	152,143	45.58%
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	148,352	44.44%
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	11,092	3.32%
Iraqi Communist Party	11,047	3.31%
Kurdistan Socialist Party	8,883	2.66%
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	2,101	0.63%
Other	184	0.15%
Total	333,802	100%

Note: The Makhmour district was at this time still under control of the Iraqi government, no elections were held there.

As Sulaymaniya Governorate

Party	Total votes
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	207,168	59.54%
Kurdistan Democratic Party	92,449	26.57%
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	29,334	8.43%
Kurdistan Socialist Party	11,978	3.44%
Iraqi Communist Party	5,693	1.64%
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	1,118	0.32%
Other	213	0.06%
Total	347,953	100%

Diyala Governorate

Party	Total votes	Percentage
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	53,129	60.28%
Kurdistan Democratic Party	24,604	27.92%
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	4,808	5.46%
Iraqi Communist Party	2,837	3.22%
Kurdistan Socialist Party	2,038	2.31%
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	663	0.75%
Other	55	0.62%
Total	88,134	100%

Only two areas in the Diyala Governorate were under Kurdish control: Darbandikhan and Khanaqin.

External links

• Kurdistan National Assembly Parliament
• https://web.archive.org/web/20091026140537/http://geocities.com/capitolhill/congress/1154/parl.htm