Elections in Iraq - Definition and Overview

Elections in Iraq gives information on election and election results in Iraq. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.

Iraq is a state in transition to democracy, but de facto in civil war. Iraq seems to be a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Iraq plans to elect on national level a legislature, the National Assembly.

Last elections

• Iraqi parliamentary election, 2005

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Electionworld (http://www.electionworld.org/iraq.htm)
• Adam Carr's Election Archive (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/i/iraq/)