Results of the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election (Assyrian seats)
The 2018 Assyrian elections in Iraq will be the first elections since the Islamic State invasion of 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 Assyrian minority. 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.
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)
Results
| Party/list | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babylon Movement | 33,172 | 2 |  2
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| Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council | 20,197 | 1 |  1
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| Rafidain List | 19,422 | 1 | 1
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| Chaldean List | 16,101 | 1 | 1
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| Beth Nahren Union | 0 | 1
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| Sons of Mesopotamia | 0 | |||
| Total | ||||
| Source: IHEC | ||||
Results
| Total | List # | Governorate | Name | Votes | 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.[6] 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.[7] | ||
| 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.[8] | ||
| 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[9] | ||
| 6 | Erbil | Firjin Karumi Hanna (Independent) | Head of various offices within Al-Hamdaniya District department of health from 1988 to 2006.[10] | ||
| 7 | Erbil | Hani Ibrahim Gorial (APP) | Has worked in various offices and projects within Baghdad's Ministry of Oil since 2006[11] | ||
| 8 | Kirkuk | Basem Habeeb (Independent) | Head of Department of Education in Al-Hamdaniya District (2013 - 2017).[12] | ||
| 9 | Baghdad | Muna Sarhan Sindo (Independent) | Chemistry professor at University of Baghdad[13] | ||
| 10 | Duhok | Shamoon Shlemoon (ADM) | Member of ADM's council.[14] | ||
| 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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