December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election

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The December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election was a nationwide vote that established Iraq’s first full-term government under its new post-Saddam constitution, shaping the country’s early democratic political order.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
ballotType closed-list proportional representation ⓘ
basedOn Constitution of Iraq approved in the October 2005 constitutional referendum ⓘ
conflictContext occurred during the Iraq War ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
date 15 December 2005 ⓘ
electedBody Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
electoralSystem party-list system ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ
follows January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ
includedComponent separate seats for minority and smaller parties ⓘ
internationalContext held under significant U.S. and coalition presence in Iraq ⓘ
keyFigure Adnan al-Dulaimi ⓘ
Ayad Allawi ⓘ
linked to: Iyad Allawi

Ibrahim al-Jaafari ⓘ
Jalal Talabani ⓘ
Nouri al-Maliki ⓘ
languageOfBallots Arabic ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
ledTo formation of a coalition government including Shia, Kurdish, and Sunni parties ⓘ
legalFramework Iraqi election law under the 2005 constitution ⓘ
mainAlliance Iraqi Accord Front ⓘ
Iraqi National List ⓘ
Kurdistani Alliance ⓘ
Sadrist Movement-affiliated lists ⓘ
linked to: Sadrist Movement

United Iraqi Alliance ⓘ
monitoredBy international observers ⓘ
organizedBy Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq ⓘ
oversightBody Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq ⓘ
partOf Iraqi transition process after the 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
precedes 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ
purpose to elect the first full-term parliament under the new Iraqi constitution ⓘ
regionCoverage all 18 governorates of Iraq ⓘ
relatedEvent January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ
October 2005 Iraqi constitutional referendum ⓘ
relatedTo democratization of Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein ⓘ
resultedIn formation of Iraq’s first full-term post-Saddam government ⓘ
seatsContested 275 ⓘ
securityContext took place amid ongoing insurgency and sectarian violence ⓘ
significance consolidated Iraq’s post-Saddam political order ⓘ
established the first full-term government under Iraq’s new constitution ⓘ
marked increased participation by Sunni Arab parties compared to January 2005 elections ⓘ
termLengthElected four-year parliamentary term ⓘ
turnoutApproximate around 70% ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed parliamentary coalition government ⓘ
voterEligibility Iraqi citizens of voting age inside Iraq ⓘ
Iraqi expatriates registered abroad ⓘ
wonMostSeats United Iraqi Alliance ⓘ

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Council of Representatives of Iraq → firstElectionAfterConstitution → December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ
Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005 → followedBy → Iraqi parliamentary election, December 2005 ⓘ
linked to: December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election
Iraqi parliamentary elections → notableElection → December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ