Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005

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The Iraqi parliamentary election of January 2005 was the first national vote held after the fall of Saddam Hussein, aimed at choosing a transitional assembly to draft a new constitution and establish a democratic government.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
ballotType party lists rather than individual candidates ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
date 2005-01-30 ⓘ
diasporaVoting allowed ⓘ
diasporaVotingCountries Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
several European and Middle Eastern states ⓘ
electoralBody Transitional National Assembly of Iraq ⓘ
followedBy Iraqi parliamentary election, December 2005 ⓘ
follows 2000 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ
historicalSignificance led to the drafting of the 2005 Constitution of Iraq ⓘ
marked a key step in Iraq’s post-2003 political transition ⓘ
keyParticipant Assyrian Democratic Movement ⓘ
Iraqi Islamic Party ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi Accord Front

Iraqi List ⓘ
Iraqi Turkmen Front ⓘ
Kurdistani Alliance ⓘ
United Iraqi Alliance ⓘ
legalBasis Transitional Administrative Law of Iraq ⓘ
mainWinner United Iraqi Alliance ⓘ
mainWinnerSeatCount approximately 140 ⓘ
month January ⓘ
notableFeature boycotted by many Sunni Arab parties ⓘ
first national election in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein ⓘ
held under US-led coalition occupation ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 275 ⓘ
organizedBy Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq ⓘ
oversight United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq ⓘ
linked to: UN mission in Iraq
partOf Iraqi transition process after the 2003 invasion ⓘ
purpose to draft a new Iraqi constitution ⓘ
to elect a Transitional National Assembly ⓘ
to establish a democratic government in Iraq ⓘ
resultedIn appointment of Ibrahim al-Jaafari as Prime Minister of Iraq ⓘ
election of Jalal Talabani as President of Iraq ⓘ
formation of the Iraqi Transitional Government ⓘ
secondPlace Kurdistani Alliance ⓘ
securityContext widespread insurgency and violence ⓘ
securityMeasure heavy presence of coalition and Iraqi security forces ⓘ
vehicle bans on election day in many cities ⓘ
thirdPlace Iraqi List ⓘ
turnoutPercentage approximately 58 ⓘ
voterEligibility Iraqi citizens aged 18 or older ⓘ
votingSystem closed-list party-list system ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ
year 2005 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraq political transition (2004) → followedBy → Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005 ⓘ
December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election → follows → January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005
December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election → relatedEvent → January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005
Iraqi parliamentary elections → firstHeld → January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005
Iraqi parliamentary elections → notableElection → January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005