Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan - Definition and Overview

The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition being presented as a united Kurdish list in the 2005 election in Iraq. Elections are simultaneously being held for the assembly of the Kurdistan Regional Government. The Alliance represents a coalition of the two main Kurdish parties, the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan – once engaged in a civil war with each other – along with many smaller groups.

• Kurdish Democratic Party
• Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
• Yekgirti Islami
• Kurdistan Communist Party
• Assyrian Patriotic Party
• Kurdish Toilers Party
• several smaller parties, including at least one Turkmen group

This Iraq-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Democratic_Patriotic_Alliance_of_Kurdistan).

References

"Baathists are candidates in the PUK-KDP election list (http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=6062)." KurdishMedia News. Accessed on 15 January, 2005. "Iraqi Christian Campaigning Hindered by Dangers, Lack of Funding (http://www.aina.org/news/20050115140622.htm)." Assyrian International News Agency. Accessed on 15 January, 2005.