{"iso":"IQ","name":"Iraq","flag":"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf6","vote":"Council of Representatives \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2025-11-11","source":"2025 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the party and coalition vote at the Council of Representatives election of 11 November 2025, official results as published by the Independent High Electoral Commission. Elections are competitive within an ethno-sectarian power-sharing system shadowed by armed factions, and the Sadrist movement boycotted. Dozens of smaller lists are aggregated as others.","shares":{"RDC":11.7,"KDP":9.8,"TAQ":8.4,"SLC":6.5,"SAD":6.1,"BADR":5.0,"PUK":4.9,"NSF":4.6,"AZM":4.3,"OTH":38.7},"polls":[],"parties":{"RDC":{"name":"I'mar wa Tanmiya","color":"#2E86C1","name_en":"Reconstruction and Development Coalition"},"KDP":{"name":"Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistan\u00ea","color":"#F1C40F","name_en":"Kurdistan Democratic Party"},"TAQ":{"name":"Taqaddum","color":"#16A085","name_en":"Progress Party"},"SLC":{"name":"I'tilaf Dawlat al-Qanun","color":"#C0392B","name_en":"State of Law Coalition"},"SAD":{"name":"Al-Sadiqoun","color":"#7B241C","name_en":"Al-Sadiqoun Bloc"},"BADR":{"name":"Munazzamat Badr","color":"#6E2C00","name_en":"Badr Organization"},"PUK":{"name":"Yek\u00eetiya N\u00ee\u015ftiman\u00ee ya Kurdistan\u00ea","color":"#27AE60","name_en":"Patriotic Union of Kurdistan"},"NSF":{"name":"Quwa al-Dawla al-Wataniyya","color":"#34495E","name_en":"Alliance of Nation State Forces"},"AZM":{"name":"Tahaluf Azm","color":"#D35400","name_en":"Azem Alliance"},"OTH":{"name":"Other lists","color":"#9a9a9a"}},"primer":{"system":"Federal parliamentary republic","head_of_state":"President Nizar Amidi, elected by parliament in April 2026","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, the youngest in Iraqi history","legislature":"Council of Representatives, 329 members, with quotas for women and minorities.","electoral_system":"Members are elected by proportional representation in governorate constituencies.","government_now":"The November 2025 election produced a new government under businessman Ali al-Zaidi in 2026, with former prime minister al-Sudani's coalition the largest single list.","context":"The post-2003 system distributes the presidency, premiership and speakership among Kurds, Shia and Sunni Arabs. Iran-aligned militias, US force posture and oil revenue sharing with the Kurdistan Region remain the enduring fault lines.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"RDC":["I'mar wa Tanmiya","Reconstruction and Development Coalition","Shia-led, cross-sectarian coalition of incumbent PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani; topped the 2025 vote and anchors government formation."],"KDP":["Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistan\u00ea","Kurdistan Democratic Party","Dominant Kurdish nationalist party of the Barzani family, based in Erbil; the largest Kurdish bloc."],"TAQ":["Taqaddum","Progress Party","Leading Sunni Arab party of former parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi."],"SLC":["I'tilaf Dawlat al-Qanun","State of Law Coalition","Shia coalition of former PM Nouri al-Maliki (Dawa party); a major rival within the Shia camp."],"SAD":["Al-Sadiqoun","The Honest (Sadiqoun bloc)","Political wing of the Iran-aligned Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq militia led by Qais al-Khazali; hardline Shia."],"BADR":["Munazzamat Badr","Badr Organization","Iran-aligned Shia party and paramilitary led by Hadi al-Amiri; part of the pro-Iran Shia bloc."],"PUK":["Yek\u00eetiya N\u00ee\u015ftiman\u00ee ya Kurdistan\u00ea","Patriotic Union of Kurdistan","Second main Kurdish party (Talabani family), based in Sulaymaniyah; historic rival of the KDP."],"NSF":["Quwa al-Dawla al-Wataniyya","Alliance of Nation State Forces","Moderate Shia alliance of cleric Ammar al-Hakim and former PM Haider al-Abadi."],"AZM":["Tahaluf Azm","Azm (Determination) Alliance","Sunni Arab alliance; a principal rival to Taqaddum for the Sunni vote."],"OTH":["Other lists","","Dozens of smaller lists and independents, plus the reserved seats for women and minorities."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Council of Representatives","as_of":"2025 election","total":329,"seats":{"RDC":46,"SLC":29,"TAQ":27,"SAD":27,"KDP":26,"BADR":18,"NSF":18,"PUK":15,"AZM":15,"OTH":108}},"region_winners":{"Baghdad":"RDC","Karbala":"RDC","Maysan":"RDC","Al Anbar":"TAQ","Nineveh":"KDP","Erbil":"KDP","Duhok":"KDP","Sulaymaniyah":"PUK","Kirkuk":"PUK"},"region_meta":{"election":"2025 Iraqi parliamentary election (Council of Representatives, 11 November 2025)","source":"Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) final results by governorate, official count","note":"Each governorate shaded by the single list that won the most seats there. Coverage is partial: only governorates with a clear first-place list matching a coalition shown here are shaded. Provinces won by local lists (Basra, Wasit) or tied between coalitions (Najaf, Muthanna, Diyala, Saladin, Dhi Qar) are omitted, as are those not confirmed. The Sadrist movement boycotted."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2029","title":"Iraqi parliamentary election","chamber":"Council of Representatives","type":"expected"}}