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Assyrians in Bakhdida protesting the Constitution of Iraq resolution in 2005.

Assyrian politics in Iraq have been taking many different turns since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Today, there are many different Assyrian political parties in Iraq. The main Assyrian party that came out from the 2005 elections was the Assyrian Democratic Movement. However, Sarkis Aghajan began to challenge its power beginning in 2006 with the opening of Ishtar TV and the KDP-affiliated Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council.

1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

Шаблон:Main On May 19, 1992, elections were held for the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA,) the parliament of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. At the time, the National Assembly had 105 seats. The parties representing the Assyrian community competed in a closed list guaranteeing that there would be five Assyrian seats in the KNA. There were four Assyrian lists in the elections:

Results[1]

ADM KCU DC KAD
Dohuk 5,555 1,841 181 241
Erbil 900 880 347 1,855
Sulemani 83 36 9 38
Darbandikhan
(parts of Kirkuk)
4 - - -
Total 6,543
54%
2,757
23%
537
5%
2,134
18%

A minimum of 2,400 votes was required to win a seat. ADM won four seats and one was won by the Kurdistan Christian Unity. The names of those elected into the parliament:

Francis Youif was assassinated on June 1, 1993, in Dohuk.[2]

Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005

Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005

A general election was held on 30 January 2005 to elect a temporary 275-member Council of Representatives of Iraq. It was the first time in the history of Iraq (outside of KRG-areas) that Assyrian political parties had been allowed to be part of the electoral system. In the elections, there were three different Assyrian lists;

Assyrian Democratic Movement
  • Assyrian National Assembly (139)
Assyrian National Congress
Assyrian Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party of Sargon Dadesho
  • Bet-Nahrain Democratic Coalition (148)
Beth Nahren Patriotic Union
Syriac Independent Gathering Movement

Chaldean National Congress was initially part of list 204, but ended up dropping off before the election. Chaldean Democratic Union Party (CDUP), Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) and Bet Nahrain Democratic Party (BNDP) of Romeo Hakkari joined the Kurdistani list (130).

Rafidain
204
ANA
139
Bet-Nahrain
148
Anbar 10 1 4
Arbil 958 106 217
Babil 104 72 101
Baghdad 7,430 1,210 1,472
Basra 120 153 179
Diyala 219 114 56
Dohuk 4,165 155 137
Karbala 44 57 75
Kirkuk 978 599 389
Missan 15 29 29
Muthanna 10 22 18
Najaf 56 59 63
Ninawa 3,346 97 302
Qadissiya 38 57 48
Salahadin 10 18 31
Sulaymani 99 39 174
Thiqar 68 101 92
Wasit 47 32 27
Out-of-country voting 18,538 4,198 727
Total 36,255 7,119 4,141

In all, six Assyrians were elected to the parliament. National Rafidain list got the minimum required votes for a seat in the parliament and it was given to Yonadam Kanna (ADM.) Other Assyrians that were elected into the parliament include Goriel Mineso Khamis (BNDP), Nuri Potrus 'Atto, Ablahad Afraim Sawa (CDUP) and Jacklin Qosin Zomaya (APP) all under the Kurdistani list (130.) Wijdan Michael was elected under Iyad Allawi's secular list.

Iraq Governorate elections, 2005

Шаблон:Main

On the same day, Iraq held a local governorate elections in all 18 governorates. Assyrian political parties participitated in 4 of the 18 local governorate elections. The only Assyrian party that won a seat in any governorate was the Assyrian Democratic Movement in the Nineveh Governorate. The party received 4,650 votes and captured one seat (out of 41.)

Rafidain
204
Bet-Nahrain
148
Minimum votes
per seat
Arbil 2,001 - 15,120
Dohuk 4,919 - 8,918
Kirkuk 1,554 - 8,727
Nineveh 4,650 2,315 3,451

In addition, Salvana Boya of the Assyrian Patriotic Party was elected in the Kirkuk Governorate council under the Kurdistani list.[3]

2005 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

Шаблон:Main Elections for the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, were held on 30 January 2005, to coincide with the Iraqi legislative election and governoral council elections. All Assyrian-based parties joined the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan. The coalition won 104 of the 111 seats in the parliament, of which 5 were won by Assyrians:

(in order as they were in the coalition list)
  • Jamal Shamon Yalya (CCS) - 69
  • Romeo Hakkari (BNDP) - 71
  • Bayzar Milko Rohan (CDUP) - 72
  • Andreaus Youkhana Georgis (ADM) - 73
  • Galawesh Shaba Hojji (ADM) - 76

Iraqi parliamentary election, 2005 (December)

Шаблон:Main

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An Assyrian woman voting in Alqosh, in the Iraqi 2005 December elections.

A general election was held on 15 December 2005 to elect a permanent 275-member Iraqi Council of Representatives. The elections took place under a list system, whereby voters chose from a list of parties. In the elections, there were three main Assyrian list:

Beth Nahren Patriotic Union
Chaldean National Congress
Assyrian Patriotic Party
Syriac Independent Gathering Movement
Chaldean Democratic Forum
Hikmat Hakim (Independent)

Other Assyrian parties decided to side with non-Assyrian based list. The Chaldean Democratic Union Party decided to run under the Kurdish list (730.) The Iraqi Christian Democratic Party of Minas al-Yousifi joined the list of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front (667.) Bet Nahrain Democratic Party of Romeo Hakkari withdrew.

Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break

Rafidain
740
Nahrain
752
AGC
800
Anbar 33 - -
Arbil 1,705 42 -
Babil 45 - -
Baghdad 9,986 597 148
Basra 97 105 -
Diyala 92 62 -
Dohuk 4,867 200 135
Karbala 15 - -
Kirkuk 1,751 136 134
Missan 18 - -
Muthanna 28 - -
Najaf 91 - -
Nineveh 9,010 3,487 194
Qadissiya 27 - -
Salahadin 204 - -
Sulaymani 197 - -
Thiqar 19 - -
Wasit 11 - -
Out of
country voting
16,067 4,081 1,218
Total 44,263 8,710 1,829

Шаблон:Col-break

Nineveh Governorate
Rafidain
740
Nahrain
752
KDP/PUK
730
Allawi
731
Tel Keppe 1,013 50 2,060 150
Bakhdida[4] 2,202 2,513 744 2,854
Karamlesh[4] 637 155 187 256
Alqosh 804 78 271 653
Bartella[4] 1,407 172 500 1,496
Batnaya 214 27 892 202
Tel Skuf 485 36 2,030 720

Шаблон:Col-end

In all, three Assyrians were voted into the parliament. ADM succeeded in capturing one parliament seat in the Baghdad governorate, which was given to the secretary of its party, Yonadam Kanna. Fawzi Hariri (KDP) and Ablahad Afraim Sawa (CDUP) under the Kurdistani list (730) for the Arbil governorate were voted in as well.

Iraqi Governorate elections 2009

Шаблон:Main A local governorate election was held on January 31, 2009, in Iraq. There were no elections in the heavily-Assyrian populated north governorate of Dohuk and Arbil (including Slemani and Kirkuk.) 440 seats in 14 (of the 18) Iraqi governorates were up for grabs.

In the last local governorate elections, only one seat (in Nineveh) was won by Assyrians (ADM.) Unlike the 2005 local elections, minority groups had reserved seats ahead of the election. Three seats were reserved for Assyrians; one each in the governorates of Nineveh, Baghdad and Basra.

In the election, there were three main Assyrian blocks fighting for votes. The Assyrian Democratic Movement being one, under the list titled National Rafidain List (504). The other being a Kurdistan Democratic Party-backed block titled the Ishtar Patriotic List (513).

The Ishtar Patriotic List included the following:

The third major list was the Chaldean Democratic Union Party (503).

Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break

Nineveh Governorate
Rafidain
504
Ishtar
513
CDUP
503
KDP/PUK
236
Bakhdida 1,733 7,061 150 -
Bartella 600 2,000 - -
Karamlesh 360 513 80 136
Bashika 79 647 3 -
Alqosh 512 481 103 872
Baqofah 45 66 47 73
Tel Squf 304 742 240 607
Batnaya 226 200 36 490
Ainsifni 335 90 - -
Other towns 1,950 1,960 196 -
Total[5] 6,144 13,760 855 -

Шаблон:Col-break

Baghdad Governorate
Rafidain
504
Ishtar
513
CDUP
503
Total[5] 3,480 4,334 986


Basra Governorate
Rafidain
504
CNC
512
CDUP
503
Total[5] 221 214 227

Шаблон:Col-end

The Nineveh seat was won by Saad Tanios Jaji of SIGM. The Baghdad seat was won by Gewargis Isho Sada of the BNDP. The Ishtar Patriotic List decided not to run in the Basra elections, however, it supported the Chaldean National Congress (CNC.) The Basra seat was won by Saad Matti Boutros of the CDUP.

2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

Шаблон:Main Kurdistan Region held elections to elect its 111-member Kurdistan National Assembly on 25 July 2009. Five seats are reserved for Assyrians. There were 8 Assyrian parties that initially signed up to participate in the elections. Prior to the elections, BNDP decided to withdraw. APP and KACP decided to run on a joint list. CDUP and CNC merged in a joint list as well.

  • Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council List (68)
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council
Assyrian Democratic Movement
  • Self government List (65)
Assyrian Patriotic Party
Chaldo-Ashur Communist Party
  • Chaldean United List (64)
Chaldean Democratic Union Party
Chaldean Democratic Forum
Results Total Seats
Dohuk Zakho Shaqlawa Diana Haodian Ankawa Erbil Koysanjaq Armota Other Votes % 2005 2009
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 2,426 1,990 463 167 14 1,179 19 15 18 4,304 10,595 53.9 - 3
Assyrian Democratic Movement 3,703 362 173 170 28 930 40 6 12 266 5,690 28.3 2 2
Chaldean Democratic Union Party
Chaldean National Congress
281 30 32 55 365 1 936 1,700 8.6 1
-
Chaldo-Ashur Communist Party
Assyrian Patriotic Party
244 78 10 23 - 883 3 439 1,680 8.5 - -

The elected politicians:

  • Thair Abdalahad Ogostin (CSAPC)
  • Susan Yousif Khoshaba (CSAPC)
  • Amir Goga Yousif (CSAPC)
  • Salem Toma Kako (ADM)
  • Jihan Ismael Benyamin (ADM)

Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010

A parliamentary election was held on 7 March 2010. The parliament previously approved to increase the number of seats from 275 to 325, of which 5 seats were reserved for Assyrians. The reserved seats for Assyrian in Iraqi parliament was the first in the country's history. Going into the elections, four Christians were in the parliament: Yonadam Kanna (ADM), Fawzi Hariri (KDP,) Ablahad Afraim Sawa (CDUP,) and Wijdan Michael (Allawi list.)

The Assyrian Patriotic Party, Chaldean Democratic Forum, and the Bet Nahrain Democratic Party announced on November 15, that they would create an alliance.

Five major lists have been created for the election;

Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break

All Governorates[6]
ADM
389
CSAPC
390
CDC
391
CDUP
392
SY
393
Ishtar
394
JJ
395
Total
Anbar 494 137 87 83 68 61 7 937
Babil 201 481 610 96 162 58 74 1,682
Baghdad 6,663 3,440 812 611 532 723 252 13,033
Basra 326 488 1,295 247 243 103 50 2,752
Diyala 101 119 67 795 189 81 22 1,374
Dohuk 7,152 3,631 315 847 250 402 74 12,671
Erbil 1,871 2,323 594 289 117 232 41 5,467
Karbala 97 75 245 484 97 46 44 1,088
Kirkuk 2,115 525 455 124 91 159 59 3,528
Missan 118 72 63 150 224 40 59 726
Muthanna 123 240 70 121 54 36 30 674
Najaf 126 54 82 200 367 65 27 921
Nineveh 7,667 8,858 1,069 699 297 736 3,694 23,020
Qadissiya 117 64 104 320 384 91 61 1,141
Salahadin 145 449 138 95 53 67 22 969
Sulaymani 294 88 42 205 112 41 43 825
Thiqar 373 606 90 137 137 46 31 1,420
Wasit 112 232 470 44 91 90 48 1,087
Total 28,095 21,882 6,608 5,547 3,468 3,077 4,638 73,315
Percent 38.3 29.9 9.0 7.6 4.7 4.2 6.3 100

Шаблон:Col-break

Nineveh Governorate
ADM
389
CSAPC
390
CDC
391
CDUP
392
Ishtar
394
JJ
395
Alqosh 421 268 14 - 26
Bakhdida 1,450 2,754 23 78 32 3,315
Batnaya 112 259 105 14 73 -
Baqofah 22 41 4 - - -
Bartella 575 1,886 - 27 2 3
Karamlesh 290 443 4 42 29 16
Tel Kaif 548 98 - - - -
Tel Squf 201 558 186 99 106 -
Erbil Governorate
Ankawa 1,018 1,495 443 71 126 -
Diana 145 186 1 - 32 -
Hawdiyan 34 11 - - - -
Shaqlawa 128 288 9 19 23 -
Dohuk Governorate
Ainsifni 358 104 - - 33 -
Akre 186 6 - - - -
Der Alok 169 46 - - - -
Dohuk 2,166 424 - - - -
Komani 125 87 - - - -
Monsouriye 140 40 - - - -
Sarsink 372 57 4 11 26 -
Sheyoz 24 136 - 44 - -
Zakho 679 1,014 - - - -

Шаблон:Col-end

Three seats were won by the ADM and two seats by the CSAPC. The five elected into the parliament:

Iraqi Governorate elections, 2013

A Governorate (or local) elections were held in Iraq on 20 April 2013, with Nineveh Governorate along with Anbar voting on June 20, due to violence in the city caused by the Islamic State of Iraq. Elections didn't take place in the 3 governorates forming the Kurdistan Region.

As with the previous local elections, 3 seats were reserved for Assyrians, including one each in Baghdad, Nineveh and Basra. The Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council reclaimed their seats in Nineveh and Baghdad, by receiving 8,635 and 1,513 votes respectively.[7][8]

2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

Шаблон:Main Kurdistan Region held elections to elect its 111-member Kurdistan National Assembly on 21 September 2013. Each Kurdish party listed 100 candidates while each Assyrian and Turkman party listed 5 candidates. There were 3 Assyrian lists running for the five reserved seats. Prior to the election, some ADM members decided to leave the party and run on their own list called Sons of Mesopotamia.

Results

The elections resulted in the Popular Council losing one seat, while ADM retaining two seats and the new Mesopotamia List being given one seat.[9] Yaqoub Gorgis and Lina Azriya Bahram of the ADM were elected along with Srood Maqdasy from the Mesopotamia List.[9] Within the Chaldean Syriac Assyrian United List, the Popular Council managed retain its 2 seats.

Seats
Votes % 2009 2013
Assyrian Democratic Movement 6,145 47.4 2 2
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian United List 5,730 44.2 3 2
Sons of Mesopotamia List 1,093 8.4 - 1
Total 12,968 100 5 5

Chaldean Syriac Assyrian United List individual votes:

Chaldean Syriac Assyrian United List
Name Party Votes
Wahida Yaqo Hirmiz Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 2,517
Kamal Yalda Markoz Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 1,466
Nina Louis Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party 507
Sargon Salim Assyrian Patriotic Party 400
Janan Jabbar Chaldean National Council 273

Other Assyrians ran in Kurdish parties, but non were able to get enough votes to win a seat in the parliament.[10][11] Many voters in Assyrian dominated Areas voted for these parties, including 3,377 votes for the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Ankawa alone.

Kurdistan Communist Party
Name votes Ranking in List
(out of 100)
Insaf Munif Yaqub 374 Шаблон:Center
Abdulmasih Sleman Yalda 205 Шаблон:Center
Victoria Yalda Gorgis 64 Шаблон:Center
Bouya Markos Behnam 59 Шаблон:Center
Nithal Walid Louis 58 Шаблон:Center
Dalia Farid Noori 40 Шаблон:Center
Talia Khamis Matti 21 Шаблон:Center
Luay Jameel Sanati 15 Шаблон:Center
Total 836 Шаблон:Center
Kurdistan Democratic Party
Name votes Ranking in List
(out of 100)
Christof (Rebwar) Yalda 3,497 Шаблон:Center
Sanna Yaqub 824 Шаблон:Center
Total 4,321 Шаблон:Center

Iraqi parliamentary elections 2014

Шаблон:Main Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 April 2014, electing the 328 members of the Council of Representatives, of which 5 were reserved for the Assyrian minority. 2 of the seats were won by the Assyrian Democratic Movement, 2 by the Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council, and one by the Iraqi Communist Party who was under the Civil Democratic Alliance.

2014 Iraqi Parliament Assyrian winners
Name Party Votes Governorate
Yonadam Kanna Assyrian Democratic Movement 9,023 Baghdad
Sargon Lazar Assyrian Democratic Movement 3,908 Kirkuk
Polis Shamoon Ishak Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 1,240 Erbil
Raed Ishak Matti Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 4,929 Nineveh
Azad Hirmiz Nissan Iraqi Communist Party 416 Duhok

Azad was replaced Joseph Sylawa. ADM tried but failed to make Sargon Lazar a minister, after Sargon resigned his seat and gave it to Imad Youkhana Yaqo.

Iraqi parliamentary elections, 2018

Шаблон:Main Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 12 May 2018, electing 329 members of the Council of Representatives. A total of 7 different Assyrian lists competed for the 5 reserved seats. Babylon Movement, a mostly non-Assyrian militia linked to the Iranian-backed paramilitary group, entered the parliament for the first time after receiving more than 33,000 votes, leading to winning 2 seats. CSAPC, Rafidain list and the Chaldean Catholic-supported Chaldean list all received one seat. Many within the Assyrian community publicly condemned Babylon Movement and its leader Rayan al-Kildani for taking reserved seats for the Assyrian communities through votes coming mostly from southern Shia Arab individuals.[12] The results to some even calling for the then US President Donald Trump to pressure Iraqi authorities to invalidate the results, however no actions were taken.

Iraqi governorate elections, 2023

Шаблон:Main The 2023 Iraqi governorate elections were held on December 18, 2023, after almost 10 years passing after the last one. The delay was mostly due to the 2014 ISIS invasion and occupation. Governorates under the KRG did not participate. For the Assyrians, reserved seats were allocated in the following governorates: Basra, Baghdad, Kirkuk, and Ninewa.[13]

See also

References

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Sources

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