Iraqi Kurdistan presidential election, 2009

Iraqi Kurdistan presidential election, 2009

25 July 2009

Nominee Massoud Barzani Kamal Mirawdeli Party Kurdistani List Independent Popular vote 1,266,397 460,323 Percentage 69.6% 25.3%

President before election Massoud Barzani KDP Elected President Massoud Barzani KDP

Territories controlled by the KRG

The Iraqi Kurdistan presidential elections of 2009 took place on 25 July 2009, coinciding with the Iraqi Kurdistan parliamentary elections of 2009. A total of 2.5 million citizens of Iraqi Kurdistan were eligible to vote in the parliamentary and presidential elections. It is the first time that the President of Iraqi Kurdistan was chosen directly through popular votes. ^[1] People currently living outside Iraqi Kurdistan were not allowed to vote. ^[2]

Like the parliamentary elections, campaigning for the elections officially started on 22 June 2009 and was to be stopped 48 hours before voting starts.^[3] The elections were held with 84 registration centers and 5,403 polling stations in Kurdistan and 5 polling stations in Baghdad. Below are the candidates listed with their lot number.

• Ahmed Mohammed Rasul 11 (also known as Safen Haji Sheikh Mohammed)
• Massoud Barzani 12 (Incumbent)
• Hussein Garmiyani 13 (a businessman)
• Halow Ibrahim Ahmed 14 (brother-in-law of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani)
• Kamal Mirawdeli 15 (a London-based scholar)

Halow Ibrahim Ahmed was seen as the leading challenger to the incumbent.^[4]

Results

A total of 1,819,652 people, approximately 80% of the registered voters, participated in the election

Initial reports gave Barzani 70 percent of the vote.^[5]

See also

• Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 2009
• Kurdistan National Assembly
• Iraqi Kurdistan

References

Elections and referendums in Iraqi Kurdistan Parliamentary elections 1992 2005 2009 2013 Presidential elections 1992 2009 2015 Governorate elections 2005 2014 Municipal elections 2000 2001 Referendums 2005 Future independence referendum Kirkuk status referendum