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The 2018 Assyrian elections in Iraq will be the first elections since the Islamic State invasion of Iraq, including the Assyrian heartland, the Nineveh Plains on August 2014. A parliamentary election will be held in Iraq on 12 May 2018. Of the 329 seats in the Iraqi parliament, 5 are reserved for the Christian minorities. The five reserved seats are separated one for each governorate of: Baghdad, Duhok, Erbil, Kirkuk and Nineveh.^[1] At the time of voting, only about 200,000 Assyrians remained in the country.^[2]

Going into the elections, Assyrian Democratic Movement has two seats, Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council has two seats, and one by the Iraqi Communist Party. A total of seven lists comprising 67 candidates will compete for the reserved seats. At the time of elections, the Assyrian community was "divided and messy".^[3] For the first time in Iraqi history, a Church has officially backed a list, as Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako openly urged his followers to vote for the 139 list.^[4]

In mid-May 2018, the Iraqi Higher Elector Commission released the results showing a surprise win for the Babylon Movement,^[5] a newly formed party by the Shia Islamist militant group Hashd al-Shaabi. The results were seen as unexpected by the Assyrian community, as many complained of outright fraud, where most of votes of Babylon Movement came from Shia Arabs tied to Badr Organization.^[6]

Lists

113 - Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council
115 - United Bet Nahrain List (Beth Nahren Patriotic Union (BNPU), Iraqi Communist Party (ICP), Kaldo-Ashur Communist Party (KACP), Bet Nahrain Democratic Party (BNDP)
131 - Syriac Assembly Movement
139 - Chaldean Alliance List (Chaldean National Congress, Chaldean Democratic Party and independents)
144 - Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) and independents)
154 - Sons of Mesopotamia and independents
166 - Babylon Movement (founded by Hashd al-Shaabi leader Rayan Kildani)

Candidates

Total	List #	Governorate	Name	Notes and candidate status at the time of election
	113 - Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council
	1	Nineveh	Raed Ishak Matti	Iraq parliament member since 2014
	2	Duhok	Ghazwan Rizqallah
	3	Nineveh	Farj Issa
	4	Erbil	Nahla Mansoor
	5	Erbil	Kawhr Yohana
	6	Kirkuk	Karolin Adwar
	7	Duhok	Mayson Matti
	8	Baghdad	Badri Mikhael
	9	Kirkuk	Rehan Hana Ayoub	Lawyer from Zakho
	10	Baghdad	Dania Rufael
	115 - United Beth Nahren
	1	Nineveh	Sabah Mikhael Barkho (BHPU)	President of BHPU, resides in Australia
	2	Nineveh	Khalida Sleman (ICP)	Retired Civil Servant from Karemlash
	3	Kirkuk	Ibrahim Hanoosh (Independent)	Retired Iraqi Army general from Bartella
	4	Kirkuk	Nethal Toma (ICP)	Resides in Baghdad, originally from Alqosh
	5	Duhok	Oshana Haziran Hakkari (BNDP)	Brother of Romeo Hakkari
	6	Duhok	Aziz Emmanuel Gorgis (BNPU)	A CSAPC member since 2006, Aziz left the party in January 2018 after not being elected to run for the elections.
	7	Erbil	Joseph Sylawa (ICP)	Iraq parliament member since 2014. From Shaqlawa
	8	Erbil	Hazem Yousif (KACP)	Lawyer from Ankawa
	9	Baghdad	Faris Sami (ICP)	Physical education professor at Baghdad University
	10	Baghdad	Sami Abdalahad (BNPU)	Engineer from Bartella
	131 - Syriac Assembly Movement
	1	Nineveh	Nashat Mubarak
	2	Erbil	Maisar Kareem
	3	Kirkuk	Luay Adel	NGO worker from Kirkuk
	4	Baghdad	Nabil Tlat
	5	Duhok	Maher Behnam
	6	Kirkuk	Ahlam Shakir
	7	Duhok	Nibras Zahir
	139 - Chaldean Alliance List
	1	Nineveh	Najib Sliwa
	2	Baghdad	Hikmat Daoud Jabbo	Lecturer in Tunis University for 16 years.^[7] He unsuccessfully ran for the reserved Kirkuk seat in the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2014 under the "Ur Nationalist List," receiving only 252 votes.
	3	Erbil	Khoshiar Qardakh Yalda	Principal of Ankawa female Secondary School. Member of Chaldean League.^[8]
	4	Nineveh	Kaf Dano
	5	Erbil	Hogir Androws Yalda	Elementary math teacher in Erbil, originally from Koya. Member of Chaldean League
	6	Kirkuk	Raid Jamil
	7	Baghdad	Adi Assam
	8	Kirkuk	Basim Yozef
	9	Duhok	Assad Marqos
	10	Duhok	Ivan Faiq
	144 - Rafidain List
	1	Baghdad	Yonadam Kanna (ADM)	Iraq parliament member since 2005, Secretary-General (President) of ADM since 1982
	2	Duhok	Emanuel Khoshaba Youkhana (APP)	APP president since 2011.^[9]
	3	Nineveh	Anne Nafi Aussi (Independent)	Current Iraq Minister of Construction and Housing
	4	Nineveh	Duraid Hiqmat Tobia (ADM)
	5	Kirkuk	Imad Youkhana Yaqo (ADM)	Iraqi parliament member since 2010, Deputy Secretary-General (Vice-President) of ADM^[10]
	6	Erbil	Firjin Karumi Hanna (Independent)	Head of various offices within Al-Hamdaniya District department of health from 1988 to 2006.^[11]
	7	Erbil	Hani Ibrahim Gorial (APP)	Has worked in various offices and projects within Baghdad's Ministry of Oil since 2006^[12]
	8	Kirkuk	Basem Habeeb (Independent)	Head of Department of Education in Al-Hamdaniya District (2013 - 2017).^[13]
	9	Baghdad	Muna Sarhan Sindo (Independent)	Chemistry professor at University of Baghdad^[14]
	10	Duhok	Shamoon Shlemoon (ADM)	Member of ADM's council.^[15]
	154 - Sons of Mesopotamia
	1	Duhok	Mikhael Binyamin	Member of Bnay Nahrain's Council
	2	Erbil	Muna Yako Yokhana (independent)	Professor of law at Salahaddin University
	3	Baghdad	Basil Gorgis (independent)	Former Iraqi national football team star in the 1980s. Resides in Canada.
	4	Nineveh	Najib Habash (independent)	High school principal
	5	Baghdad	Fatin Ghanim (independent)	Professor at Baghdad University
	6	Nineveh	Adel Mikha (independent)	Member of the Tel Keppe Municipality Council
	7	Erbil	Samr Sadallah (independent)	Dentist
	8	Duhok	Waad Yaqunda (independent)	Lawyer from Alqosh
	9	Kirkuk	Ekhlas Matti (independent)	Professor at Mosul University
	10	Kirkuk	Nineb Gorgis Lamassu (independent)	Professor at Cambridge University
	166 - Babylon Movement
	1	Nineveh	Aswan Salem
	2	Baghdad	Barhan aldin Ishak
	3	Duhok	Faiz Abdmikha
	4	Erbil	Duraid Jamil
	5	Duhok	Baida Khethr
	6	Kirkuk	Karolin Makradej
	7	Kirkuk	Ashur Yalda
	8	Erbil	Raid Nasir
	9	Nineveh	Fathel Toma
	10	Baghdad	Raed Yousif
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Results

Party/list	Votes	Seats	+/–
Babylon Movement	33,172	2	2
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council	20,197	1	1
Rafidain List	19,422	1	1
Chaldean List	16,101	1	1
Beth Nahren Union	10,689	0	1
Sons of Mesopotamia	10,666	0
Firas Gorgis Aziz	6,014	0
Syriac Assembly Movement	4,312	0
Total
Source: IHEC

Results by settlement

Baqofah

	Total votes^[16]	Percentage
Kurdistan Democratic Party*	38	48.1%
Sons of Mesopotamia	21	26.6%
Babylon Movement	8	10.1%
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council	4	5.1%
Dr. Firas Aziz Korakis	4	5.1%
Chaldean Alliance	2	2.5%
Rafidain List	2	2.5%

Tesqopa

	Total votes^[17]	Percentage
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council	279	33.7%
Kurdistan Democratic Party*	194	23.4%
Sons of Mesopotamia	143	17.3%
Chaldean Coalition	138	16.7%
Rafidain List	56	6.8%
Babylon Movement	18	2.2%

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