title: 2005 Kurdistan Region governorate elections
text: # 2005 Kurdistan Region governorate elections
  
  The Kurdistan Region Governorate Council elections of 2005 were held on 31 January 2005, to coincide with the Iraqi legislative elections of January 2005 and the Kurdistan Region legislative elections of January 2005. The elections were held to choose 41 council members for each of the three governorates of Kurdistan Region, that is Dahuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah governorates. During the election, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) won a plurality of the votes, however, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) won a plurality of the council seats.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### All governorates
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Total | % | Seats |
  | | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | 765,544 | 43.43% | 48 |
  | | Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) | 741,483 | 42.07% | 61 |
  | | Kurdistan Islamic Union | 133,206 | 7.56% | 10 |
  | | other parties | 122,349 | 6.94% | 4 |
  | Total | Total | 1,762,582 | 100% | 123 |
  | invalid ballots | invalid ballots | 35,084 | (1.95%) | |
  
  ### Arbil Governorate
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Total | % | Seats |
  | | Democratic Voice of Kurdistan List (KDP) | 347,772 | 53.67% | 23 |
  | | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | 244,343 | 37.71% | 16 |
  | | Kurdistan Islamic Union | 22,523 | 3.48% | 1 |
  | | Kurdistan Islamic Group | 18,781 | 2.90% | 1 |
  | | other parties | 14,575 | 2.24% | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 647,994 | 100% | 41 |
  | invalid ballots | invalid ballots | 16,622 | | |
  
  ### Dohuk Governorate
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Total | % | Seats |
  | | Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) | 302,133 | 78.83% | 33 |
  | | Kurdistan Islamic Union | 35,675 | 9.31% | 4 |
  | | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | 35,483 | 9.26% | 4 |
  | | other parties | 9,974 | 2.60% | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 383,265 | 100% | 41 |
  | invalid ballots | invalid ballots | 5,273 | | |
  
  ### Sulaymaniyah Governorate
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Total | % | Seats |
  | | Patriot Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | 485,718 | 66.42% | 28 |
  | | Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq (KDP) | 91,578 | 12.52% | 5 |
  | | Kurdistan Islamic Union | 75,008 | 10.26% | 5 |
  | | Kurdistan Islamic Group | 53,088 | 7.26% | 3 |
  | | Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq | 8,192 | 1.12% | 0 |
  | | other parties | 17,739 | 3.43% | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 731,323 | 100% | 41 |
  | invalid ballots | invalid ballots | 13,189 | | |
  
  Source: Washington Institute: Provincial Politics in Iraq Archived 10 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 15–16
  
  