2014 Iraqi parliamentary election Turnout 62%[ 1]
Colours denote which party won the most votes in every governorate
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 April 2014. The elections decided the 328 members of the Council of Representatives who will in turn elect the Iraqi President and Prime Minister .
Electoral system
The open list form of party-list proportional representation , using the governorates as the constituencies, is the electoral system used. The counting system has been changed slightly from the largest remainder method to the modified Sainte-Laguë method due to a ruling by the Supreme Court of Iraq that the previous method discriminated against smaller parties. Seven "compensatory" seats that were awarded at the national level to those parties whose national share of the vote wasn't reflected in the seats won at the governorate level have been allocated to individual governorates. Eight seats remain reserved for minority groups at the national level : five for Assyrians and one each for Mandaeans , Yezidis , and Shabaks .[ 2] [ 3]
Seat allocation
Prior to the elections, the parliament decided to expand from 325 to 328. As with the 2010 elections, 8 seats were reserved for ethnic and religious minorities. Unlike previous elections, there were no compensatory seats.
Campaign
The campaign was expected to focus on competition within the three main religious and ethnic communities: Shi'ite Arabs, Sunni Arabs and Kurds. While under the Constitution of Iraq the head of the largest coalition has the first call to become prime minister , in a precedent set following the 2010 election, a revised coalition can be formed following the election. This reduced the incentive for parties to form broad coalitions prior to the election. So in November 2011, Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission approved 276 political entities to run in the elections, including a number of coalitions.[ 4]
Shi'ite Arabs were split between the Prime Minister's State of Law Coalition , the Sadrist al-Ahrar Bloc , and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq backed al-Muwatin coalition. The former secular, non-sectarian Iraqiya bloc – 2010 the strongest force elected into parliament – had broken apart into Usama al-Nujayfi 's Sunni regionalist Muttahidoon coalition, Ayad Allawi 's National Coalition al-Wataniya , and Saleh al-Mutlaq 's al-Arabiya Coalition .[ 5] And the two prominent Kurdish parties, Masoud Barzani 's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Jalal Talabani 's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), were joined by a third Kurdish party, the Movement for Change (Gorran) headed by Nawshirwan Mustafa .
Conduct
As members of the security forces voted on Monday 28 April, six different polling stations were hit by suicide bombers, leading to at least 27 deaths. Insurgent group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has threatened violence against Sunni Muslims who vote in the election.[ 6]
Results
National results
The IHEC confirmed the results on 25 May. The official number of seats is as follows:
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
State of Law Coalition
3,141,835
24.14
92
+3
Al-Muwatin Coalition
982,003
7.55
29
+11
Al-Ahrar Bloc
917,589
7.05
28
New
Kurdistan Democratic Party
1,038,002
7.98
25
–4
Uniters for Reform
680,690
5.23
23
New
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
851,326
6.54
21
+7
National Coalition
569,725
4.38
21
–7
Al-Arabiya Coalition
315,858
2.43
10
–6
Movement for Change
451,858
3.47
9
+1
Islamic Virtue Party
211,257
1.62
6
New
National Reform Trend
192,763
1.48
6
New
Diyala Is Our Identity
159,605
1.23
5
New
Iraq Alliance
153,672
1.18
5
New
Kurdistan Islamic Union
165,856
1.27
4
–1
Kurdistan Islamic Group
137,594
1.06
3
Elites Movement
116,268
0.89
3
New
Civil Democratic Alliance
112,563
0.86
3
+3
National Partnership Gathering
110,933
0.85
3
New
National Nineveh Alliance
79,071
0.61
3
New
Anbar Loyalty Coalition
58,994
0.45
3
New
Iraqi Turkmen Front
71,492
0.55
2
Iraqi Loyalty Coalition
67,796
0.52
2
New
Kafa'at & Jamahir Coalition
67,084
0.52
2
New
Unity of the Sons of Iraq
46,627
0.36
2
New
Rafidain List
24,353
0.19
2
–1
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council
23,781
0.18
2
0
National Alliance of Saladin
46,039
0.35
1
New
Independent Civil Alternative Coalition
41,090
0.32
1
New
Arab Alliance of Kirkuk
38,328
0.29
1
Karama Alliance
36,288
0.28
1
New
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc
36,026
0.28
1
Equitable State Movement
31,973
0.25
1
New
Islamic Dawa Party
27,515
0.21
1
National Coalition in Saladin
26,910
0.21
1
New
Solidarity In Iraq Coalition
26,013
0.20
1
New
Ekhlas Coalition
18,229
0.14
1
New
Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress
14,910
0.11
1
0
Iraqi Communist Party (Assyrian Seat)
12,626
0.10
1
+1
Mandean List
7,194
0.06
1
Council of Free Shabaks
3,375
0.03
1
Invalid/blank votes
–
–
–
Total
13,013,765
100.00
328
+3
Registered voters/turnout
21,592,882
60.27
–
–
Note: Results listed according to number of seats won. Source: IHEC , DW
Results by governorate
Party
Total votes
Percentage
Seats
Party Leader
Muttahidoon (259)
81,608
21.90%
4
Usama al-Nujayfi
Anbar Loyalty Coalition (271)
58,994
15.83%
3
Kassem Mohammad Abed Hamadi
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)
49,698
13.34%
2
Ayad Allawi
Iraq Sons Unity (233)
46,627
12.51%
2
Saadoun al-Dulaimi
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255)
34,193
9.18%
2
Saleh al-Mutlaq
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262)
23,757
6.38%
1
Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz Alchamri
Khalas Coalition (254)
18,229
4.89%
1
Ali Farhan Hamid
Wisdom Knights Project
59,504
15.97%
0
Yassin Hadi Badawi Morhei
Loyalty and Labor Movement
Cherwan Kamel Sabti Chnin
National Adjustment Movement
Kamil al-Dulaimi
Civil Democratic Alliance
Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
Islamic Daawa Party
Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
National Euphrates Coalition
Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List
Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance
Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement )
Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity
Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List
Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council
Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn
Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity
Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List
Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Total
372,610
100%
15
Sources: al-Sumaria - al-Anbar Coalitions , IHEC Al Anbar Results , ISW
Party
Total votes
Percentage
Seats
Party Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)
230,346
30.7%
7
Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)
109,756
14.7%
3
Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)
89,572
12.0%
3
Dia al-Asadi
Competences and People Gathering (Kafa'at & Jamaheer) (230)
34,698
4.6%
1
Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)
32,602
4.4%
1
Ayad Allawi
Equitable State Movement (202)
31,973
4.3%
1
Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205)
31,329
4.2%
1
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Iraqi Alternative Coalition
188,897
25.21%
0
Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
National Euphrates Coalition
Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List
Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance
Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement )
Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity
Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List
Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council
Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn
Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity
Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List
Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Loyalty and Labor Movement
Karim Oftan al-Jamili
People of civilization
Sadek Hachem Fadel Alfihan al-Maamouri
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc
Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
Civil Democratic Alliance
Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
Shames Movement
Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli
Iraqi Loyalty Coalition
Sami Jassem Attiya al-Askari
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq)
Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Independent Professional Movement
Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Islamic Daawa Party
Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
White Bloc
Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
Islamic Virtue Party (Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem
Total
749,173
100%
17
Sources: ISW , al-Sumaria - Babil Coalitions , IHEC Babil Results
Party
Total votes
Percentage
Seats
Party Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)
1,074,609
38.08%
30
Nouri al-Maliki
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)
348,205
12.34%
10
Ayad Allawi
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)
236,547
8.38%
6
Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)
192,691
6.83%
5
Ammar al-Hakim
Muttahidoon (259)
155,719
5.52%
4
Usama al-Nujayfi
Elites Movement (251)
116,268
4.12%
3
Abazer Jassem Houssayn Hammoud
Civil Democratic Alliance (232)
112,563
3.99%
3
Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
National Partnership Gathering (269)
73,842
2.62%
2
Mouhannad Mahdi Kamar Jazei
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262)
57,333
2.03%
2
Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255)
53,719
1.90%
1
Saleh al-Mutlaq
Islamic Virtue Party (Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition) (219)
51,290
1.82%
1
Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205)
47,617
1.69%
1
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc (218)
36,026
1.28%
1
Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)Reserved Mandaean (Sabian) Seat (295)
7,194
0.25%
1
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Equitable State Movement
258,296
9.15%
0
Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn
Comprehensive Rise Gathering
Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Openness Bloc
Mohammoud Jasem Zboun Ghajari
Shames Movement
Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli
Iraqi Loyalty Coalition
Sami Jassem Attiya al-Askari
Independent Popular Gathering
Fallah Hassan Yassin Youssef
People and competences gathering
Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Iraqi advocates for State support
Ahmad Rasan Mehna Machkour
Flying flag bloc
Sabah Hassan Ghoulam Ahmad
We Work for Iraq Coalition
Ali Dari Ali al-Fayyad
New change coalition
Naser Hachem Saalab al-Saidi
Iraq List for Sharing and Charity
Rouchdi Saayd Kader Mohamad al-Jaf
Independent Glory Bloc
Adham Hmadi Ziyab Abed
Independent Professional Movement
Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Karama
Ahmad Charei Ibrahim Aaboub
United Kurdish Coalition
Feryad Mohammad Taki Hassan
Iraqi Alternative Coalition
Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
Failis Bloc
Issam Naser Hamid al-Saffar
Peace and Well Being Coalition
Jamal Mohammad Hassan al-Wakil
Independent Women Movement
Asmaa Yassin Mohammad
Independent Solidarity Bloc
Mohammad Mohammad Saleh Jawad al-Haydari
Alliance of Loyals to the Nation
Wael Abed Allatif Housayn
National Euphrates Coalition
Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List
Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance
Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement )
Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity
Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List
Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council
Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn
Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity
Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List
Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Al Warithoun Bloc
Mouhannad Hassan Mohammad Hassan
Tribes gathering of Iraq Nakhwa
Fawwaz Dham Halil Ali
Islamic Daawa Party
Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Independent National Baghdad Bloc
Fadel Abbas Chnit Kazem
White Bloc
Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
People Loyals List
Ghaniy Rached Ouwaych Radi
Al Daii Party
Abbas Fadel Hassan Abbas
Youth Movement of Sovereign law State
Saad Abed al-Jaber Youssef al-Matlabi
Total
2,821,919
100%
69
Sources: al-Sumaria - Baghdad Coalitions , IHEC Baghdad Results
Party
Total votes
Percentage
Seats
Party Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)
405,037
40.24%
12
Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)
205,019
20.37%
6
Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)
87,856
8.73%
3
Dia al-Asadi
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205)
51,048
5.07%
2
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Islamic Virtue Party (Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition) (219)
45,475
4.52%
1
Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem
Independent Civil Alternative Coalition (209)
41,090
4.08%
1
Sbayh Habib Yaser Mohsen
Equality and Justice Gathering
171,008
16.99%
0
Souhayl Daoud Hiyal al-Jazairi
Mohsen Hamid Mohsen Abbas al-Hawi (Independent)
Comprehensive Rise Gathering
Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc
Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
White Bloc
Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
Shames Movement
Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli
Iraqi Loyalty Coalition
Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq)
Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
People and Competences Gathering
Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
New Change Coalition
Naser Hachem Saalab al-Saidi
Independent Professional Movement
Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Islamic Daawa Party
Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Al Wataniya Coalition
Ayad Allawi
Iraqi Alternative Coalition
Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
Independent Women Movement
Asmaa Yassin Mohammad
Alliance of Loyals to the Nation
Wael Abed Allatif Housayn
National Euphrates Coalition
Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List
Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance
Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement )
Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity
Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List
Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council
Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn
Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity
Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List
Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Loyalty and Labor Movement
Karim Oftan al-Jamili
Iraq for Development and Construction
Ali Taleb Cherhan Karim
Total
1,006,533
100%
25
Sources: al-Sumaria - Basra Coalitions , IHEC Basra Results
Party
Total votes
Percentage
Seats
Party Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)
237,552
32.58%
8
Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)
110,196
15.12%
4
Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)
70,480
9.67%
2
Dia al-Asadi
Islamic Virtue Party (Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition) (219)
49,502
6.79%
2
Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem
National Partnership Gathering (269)
37,091
5.09%
1
Mouhannad Mahdi Kamar Jazei
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205)
36,523
5.01%
1
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Solidarity in Iraq (283)
26,013
3.57%
1
Mohammad Mahdi Mohammad Baker Abbas Awad
Comprehensive Rise Gathering
161,678
22.18%
0
Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc
Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
Equitable State Movement
Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn
Civil Democratic Alliance
Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
White Bloc
Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq)
Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Independent Popular Gathering
Fallah Hassan Yassin Youssef
People and Competences Gathering
Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Independent Professional Movement
Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Al Warithoun Bloc
Mouhannad Hassan Mohammad Hassan
Islamic Daawa Party
Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Al Wataniya Coalition
Ayad Allawi
Iraqi Alternative Coalition
Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
Alliance of Loyals to the Nation
Wael Abed Allatif Housayn
National Euphrates Coalition
Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List
Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance
Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement )
Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity
Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List
Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council
Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn
Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity
Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List
Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Loyalty and Labor Movement
Karim Oftan al-Jamili
National Loyalty Bloc
Cherwan Kamel Sabti Chnin
Total
729,035
100%
19
Sources: al-Sumaria - Dhi Qar Coalitions , IHEC Dhi Qar Results
Maysan Governorate
Muthanna Governorate
Party
Total votes
Percentage
Seats
Party Leader
Muttahidoon (259)
363,938
36.84%
12
Usama al-Nujayfi
Nineveh Kurdistan Alliance (243)
185,804
18.81%
6
Masoud Barzani
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)
116,292
11.77%
4
Ayad Allawi
National Nineveh Alliance (227)
79,071
8.00%
3
Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255)
74,654
7.56%
3
Saleh al-Mutlaq
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266)
70,145
7.10%
2
Jalal Talabani
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262)
44,080
4.46%
1
Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress Yezidi Reserved Seat (292)
14,910
1.51%
1
Amin Farhan Jijo Brim
Shabak Ahrar Council Shabak Reserved Seat (293)
3,375
0.34%
1
Houssayn Ali Mohammad Ahmad
Other
35,522
3.60%
0
Total
987,791
100%
31
Sources: al-Sumaria - Nineveh Coalitions , IHEC Nineveh Results
Party
Total votes
Percentage
Seats
Party Leader
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255)
99,496
22.57%
3
Saleh al-Mutlaq
Muttahidoon (259)
79,425
18.01%
3
Usama al-Nujayfi
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)
70,655
16.03%
2
Ayad Allawi
National Alliance of Saladin (249)
46,039
10.44%
1
Houssayn Ibrahim Saleh al-Chahrastani
Karama (286)
36,288
8.23%
1
Ahmad Charei Ibrahim Aaboub
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262)
28,502
6.47%
1
Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
National Coalition in Saladin (222)
26,910
6.10%
1
Diyaa Najem Abdallah Ahmad
Other
53,492
12.14%
0
Total
440,807
100%
12
Sources: al-Sumaria - Saladin Coalitions , IHEC Saladin Results
Candidate votes
#
Candidate
Party
Election List
Governorate
Votes
+/–
1.
Nouri al-Maliki
Islamic Da'awa Party
State of Law Coalition
Baghdad
721,782[ 7]
2.
Ayad Allawi
Iraqi National Accord
al-Wataniya Coalition
Baghdad
229,709[ 7]
3.
aaram Muhammad Ali
Movement for Change
Movement for Change (Gorran) List
Sulaymaniyah
150,613
4.
Najmiddin Karim
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
PUK List
Kirkuk
150,084
5.
Khalaf Abdul al Samad
Islamic Da'awa Party
State of Law Coalition
Basra
126,848
6.
Usama al-Nujayfi
al-Hadba
Muttahidoon
Nineveh
112,551
7.
Hanan Saeed Mohsen al-Fatlawi
State of Law Coalition
Babil
90,781[ 8]
8.
shirko Mirza Mohammad Amin
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
PUK List
Sulaymaniyah
83,663[ 9]
9.
Mohammed Ghali Darraji
al-Ahrar Coalition
Baghdad
78,561[ 10]
10.
Ariz Abdullah Ahmed Mahmoud
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
PUK List
Arbil
76,380[ 11]
The first session of the new parliament began on 1 July where all 328 members took oath to carry out their legal tasks and responsibilities devotedly and honestly and preserve the independence and sovereignty of Iraq, and safeguard the interests of its people. The constitution mentions that in the first session, the parliament has to elect a Speaker for the House along with two deputies. This didn't happen as some Kurdish and Sunni Arab MPs boycotted the session causing a lack of quorum since they did not agree on a single candidate. The next session took place on 13 July and brought about a consensus for the post of Speaker after it was announced that Salim al-Jabouri was the candidate.[ 12]
After Salim al-Jabouri was voted as Speaker of the House, the parliament voted for Fuad Masum as President who in turn asked Haider al-Abadi to form a government on 11 August. The government was formed on 8 September 2014 with most parties being part of the new government.
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