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The Kurdistan List (Kurdish: لیستی كوردستان Lîstî Kurdistani), also known as the Kurdistan Alliance or the Brotherhood List, is the name of the electoral coalition that ran in the Kurdistan Regional Government parliamentary elections in Iraqi Kurdistan in July 2009. The Kurdistan List represented a coalition of the two main ruling parties in Iraqi Kurdistan, namely the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. It is the successor of the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan.
Kurdistan List Lîstî Kurdistani ليستی كوردستان | |
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Logo for the list as used in the Kurdistan Elections in 2009
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| Leader | Barham Salih |
| Founded | 2009 (2009) |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Preceded by | Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism |
| Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq: |
0 / 325
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| Seats in the Kurdistan Parliament: |
0 / 111
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The head of the Kurdistan List was the former deputy prime minister of Iraq, Dr. Barham Salih (PUK), who was later elected as the new prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan in September 2009. The Kurdistan List endorsed the incumbent and re-elected president of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani (KDP).[1]
In the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election there were 11 parties in the Kurdistani List, the largest ones were the:[2]
| Governorate | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Total Kurdistan List | Total Governorate Seats |
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| Diyala | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Duhok | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Hewler | 8 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| Kerkuk | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Ninawa | 6 | 2 | 8 | 31 |
| Silemani | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| Compensatory seats | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Total: | 26 | 17 | 43 | 325 |
| Governorate | Kurdistani List Votes | Percentage | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babil | 1,167 | 0.21% | 556,123 |
| Baghdad | 19,732 | 0.93% | 2,129,557 |
| Duhok | 332,951 | 76.23% | 413,964 |
| Dhi Qar | 334 | 0.06% | 557,774 |
| Diyala | 47,749 | 9.33% | 469,087 |
| Hewler | 458,403 | 67.02% | 648,924 |
| Kerkuk | 206,542 | 38.10% | 472,453 |
| Muthanna | 1,432 | 0.64% | 222,851 |
| Najaf | 524 | 0.14% | 378,854 |
| Ninawa | 239,109 | 20.52% | 1,013,635 |
| Qadissiyah | 805 | 0.23% | 353,086 |
| Salah ad-Din | 21,776 | 4.82% | 451,409 |
| Silemani | 350,283 | 42.22% | 769,302 |
| Total: | 1,681,714 [1] | 14.37% | 10,813,216 |