2014 Iraqi parliamentary election Turnout 62%[ 1] Leader Nouri al-Maliki Muqtada al-Sadr Ammar al-Hakim Alliance State of Law al-Ahrar Al-Muwatin Last election 89 39 18 Seats won 92 34 29 Seat change 3 5 11 Popular vote 3,141,835 917,589 982,003 Percentage 24.14% 7.05% 7.55% Leader Usama al-Nujayfi Ayad Allawi Masoud Barzani Alliance Muttahidoon Al-Wataniya KDP Last election 9 28 29 Seats won 23 21 25 Seat change 14 7 4 Popular vote 680,690 686,017 1,038,002 Percentage 5.23% 5.27% 7.98% Leader Barham Salih Saleh al-Mutlaq Nawshirwan Mustafa Alliance PUK al-Arabiya Gorran Last election 14 16 8 Seats won 21 10 9 Seat change 7 6 1 Popular vote 851,326 315,858 451,858 Percentage 6.07% 2.43% 3.47%
Colours denote which party won the most votes in every governorate
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 April 2014. The elections decided the 328 members of the Council of Representatives who will in turn elect the Iraqi president and prime minister .
The open list form of party-list proportional representation , using the governorates as the constituencies, is the electoral system used. The counting system has been changed slightly from the largest remainder method to the modified Sainte-Laguë method due to a ruling by the Supreme Court of Iraq that the previous method discriminated against smaller parties. Seven "compensatory" seats that were awarded at the national level to those parties whose national share of the vote wasn't reflected in the seats won at the governorate level have been allocated to individual governorates. Eight seats remain reserved for minority groups at the national level : five for Assyrians and one each for Mandaeans , Yezidis , and Shabaks .[ 2] [ 3]
Prior to the elections, the parliament decided to expand from 325 to 328. As with the 2010 elections, 8 seats were reserved for ethnic and religious minorities. Unlike previous elections, there were no compensatory seats.
The campaign was expected to focus on competition within the three main religious and ethnic communities: Shi'ite Arabs, Sunni Arabs and Kurds. While under the Constitution of Iraq the head of the largest coalition has the first call to become prime minister , in a precedent set following the 2010 election, a revised coalition can be formed following the election. This reduced the incentive for parties to form broad coalitions prior to the election. So in November 2011, Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission approved 276 political entities to run in the elections, including a number of coalitions.[ 4]
Shi'ite Arabs were split between the Prime Minister's State of Law Coalition , the Sadrist al-Ahrar Bloc , and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq backed al-Muwatin coalition. The former secular, non-sectarian Iraqiya bloc – 2010 the strongest force elected into parliament – had broken apart into Usama al-Nujayfi 's Sunni regionalist Muttahidoon coalition, Ayad Allawi 's National Coalition al-Wataniya , and Saleh al-Mutlaq 's al-Arabiya Coalition .[ 5] And the two prominent Kurdish parties, Masoud Barzani 's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Jalal Talabani 's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), were joined by a third Kurdish party, the Movement for Change (Gorran) headed by Nawshirwan Mustafa .
As members of the security forces voted on Monday 28 April, six different polling stations were hit by suicide bombers, leading to at least 27 deaths. Insurgent group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has threatened violence against Sunni Muslims who vote in the election.[ 6]
The IHEC confirmed the results on 25 May.
Party Votes % Seats +/– State of Law Coalition 3,141,835 24.14 92 3 Al-Muwatin 982,003 7.55 29 +11 Al-Ahrar Bloc 917,589 7.05 28 New Kurdistan Democratic Party 852,198 6.55 19 –10 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 789,519 6.07 19 +5 Al-Wataniya 686,017 5.27 21 –7 Muttahidoon 680,690 5.23 23 New Gorran Movement 451,858 3.47 9 +1 Al-Arabiya Coalition 315,858 2.43 10 –6 Islamic Virtue Party 211,257 1.62 6 New National Reform Trend 192,763 1.48 6 New Nineveh Kurdistan Alliance 185,804 1.43 6 – Kurdistan Islamic Union 165,856 1.27 4 –1 Diyala Is Our Identity 159,605 1.23 5 New Iraq Alliance 153,672 1.18 5 New Kurdistan Islamic Group 137,504 1.06 3 – Elites Movement 116,268 0.89 3 New Civil Democratic Alliance 112,563 0.86 3 +3 National Partnership Gathering 110,933 0.85 3 New National Nineveh Alliance 79,071 0.61 3 New Iraqi Turkmen Front 71,492 0.55 2 – Iraqi Loyalty Coalition 67,796 0.52 2 New Kafa'at & Jamahir Coalition 67,084 0.52 2 New Kurdistani Peace List 61,807 0.47 2 – Anbar Loyalty Coalition 58,994 0.45 3 New Unity of the Sons of Iraq 46,627 0.36 2 New National Alliance of Saladin 46,039 0.35 1 New Independent Civil Alternative Coalition 41,090 0.32 1 New Arab Alliance of Kirkuk 38,328 0.29 1 – Karama Alliance 36,288 0.28 1 New Al-Sadiqoun Bloc 36,026 0.28 1 – Equitable State Movement 31,973 0.25 1 New Islamic Dawa Party 27,515 0.21 1 – National Coalition in Saladin 26,910 0.21 1 New Solidarity in Iraq Coalition 26,013 0.20 1 New Rafidain List 24,353 0.19 2 –1 Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 23,781 0.18 2 0 Khalas Coalition 18,229 0.14 1 New Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress 14,910 0.11 1 0 Iraqi Communist Party 12,626 0.10 1 +1 Mandean List 7,194 0.06 1 – Council of Free Shabaks 3,375 0.03 1 – Other parties 1,782,452 13.70 0 – Total 13,013,765 100.00 328 +3 Registered voters/turnout 21,503,875 – Source: ORSAM
Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader Muttahidoon (259) 81,608 21.90% 4 Usama al-Nujayfi Anbar Loyalty Coalition (271) 58,994 15.83% 3 Kassem Mohammad Abed Hamadi Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 49,698 13.34% 2 Ayad Allawi Iraq Sons Unity (233) 46,627 12.51% 2 Saadoun al-Dulaimi Al-Arabiya Coalition (255) 34,193 9.18% 2 Saleh al-Mutlaq Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262) 23,757 6.38% 1 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz Alchamri Khalas Coalition (254) 18,229 4.89% 1 Ali Farhan Hamid Wisdom Knights Project 59,504 15.97% 0 Yassin Hadi Badawi Morhei Loyalty and Labor Movement Cherwan Kamel Sabti Chnin National Adjustment Movement Kamil al-Dulaimi Civil Democratic Alliance Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement ) Yonadam Kanna Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent) Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek Hamed Rouwayd (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid Total 372,610 100% 15 Sources: al-Sumaria - al-Anbar Coalitions , IHEC Al Anbar Results Archived 8 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine , ISW
Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader State of Law Coalition (277) 230,346 30.7% 7 Nouri al-Maliki Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 109,756 14.7% 3 Ammar al-Hakim Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 89,572 12.0% 3 Dia al-Asadi Competences and People Gathering (Kafa'at & Jamaheer) (230) 34,698 4.6% 1 Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 32,602 4.4% 1 Ayad Allawi Equitable State Movement (202) 31,973 4.3% 1 Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205) 31,329 4.2% 1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari Iraqi Alternative Coalition 188,897 25.21% 0 Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement ) Yonadam Kanna Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent) Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek Hamed Rouwayd (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid Loyalty and Labor Movement Karim Oftan al-Jamili People of civilization Sadek Hachem Fadel Alfihan al-Maamouri Al-Sadiqoun Bloc Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri Civil Democratic Alliance Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei Shames Movement Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli Iraqi Loyalty Coalition Sami Jassem Attiya al-Askari Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri Independent Professional Movement Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi White Bloc Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh Islamic Virtue Party (Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition) Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem Total 749,173 100% 17 Sources: ISW , al-Sumaria - Babil Coalitions , IHEC Babil Results Archived 16 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader State of Law Coalition (277) 1,074,609 38.08% 30 Nouri al-Maliki Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 348,205 12.34% 10 Ayad Allawi Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 236,547 8.38% 6 Dia al-Asadi Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 192,691 6.83% 5 Ammar al-Hakim Muttahidoon (259) 155,719 5.52% 4 Usama al-Nujayfi Elites Movement (251) 116,268 4.12% 3 Abazer Jassem Houssayn Hammoud Civil Democratic Alliance (232) 112,563 3.99% 3 Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei National Partnership Gathering (269) 73,842 2.62% 2 Mouhannad Mahdi Kamar Jazei Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262) 57,333 2.03% 2 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri Al-Arabiya Coalition (255) 53,719 1.90% 1 Saleh al-Mutlaq Islamic Virtue Party (Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition) (219) 51,290 1.82% 1 Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205) 47,617 1.69% 1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari Al-Sadiqoun Bloc (218) 36,026 1.28% 1 Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)Reserved Mandaean (Sabian) Seat (295) 7,194 0.25% 1 Hareth Shanshal Sunaid Equitable State Movement 258,296 9.15% 0 Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn Comprehensive Rise Gathering Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli Openness Bloc Mohammoud Jasem Zboun Ghajari Shames Movement Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli Iraqi Loyalty Coalition Sami Jassem Attiya al-Askari Independent Popular Gathering Fallah Hassan Yassin Youssef People and competences gathering Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri Iraqi advocates for State support Ahmad Rasan Mehna Machkour Flying flag bloc Sabah Hassan Ghoulam Ahmad We Work for Iraq Coalition Ali Dari Ali al-Fayyad New change coalition Naser Hachem Saalab al-Saidi Iraq List for Sharing and Charity Rouchdi Saayd Kader Mohamad al-Jaf Independent Glory Bloc Adham Hmadi Ziyab Abed Independent Professional Movement Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan Karama Ahmad Charei Ibrahim Aaboub United Kurdish Coalition Feryad Mohammad Taki Hassan Iraqi Alternative Coalition Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi Failis Bloc Issam Naser Hamid al-Saffar Peace and Well Being Coalition Jamal Mohammad Hassan al-Wakil Independent Women Movement Asmaa Yassin Mohammad Independent Solidarity Bloc Mohammad Mohammad Saleh Jawad al-Haydari Alliance of Loyals to the Nation Wael Abed Allatif Housayn National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement ) Yonadam Kanna Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent) Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek Hamed Rouwayd (Independent) Al Warithoun Bloc Mouhannad Hassan Mohammad Hassan Tribes gathering of Iraq Nakhwa Fawwaz Dham Halil Ali Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi Independent National Baghdad Bloc Fadel Abbas Chnit Kazem White Bloc Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh People Loyals List Ghaniy Rached Ouwaych Radi Al Daii Party Abbas Fadel Hassan Abbas Youth Movement of Sovereign law State Saad Abed al-Jaber Youssef al-Matlabi Total 2,821,919 100% 69 Sources: al-Sumaria - Baghdad Coalitions , IHEC Baghdad Results Archived 16 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader State of Law Coalition (277) 405,037 40.24% 12 Nouri al-Maliki Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 205,019 20.37% 6 Ammar al-Hakim Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 87,856 8.73% 3 Dia al-Asadi National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205) 51,048 5.07% 2 Ibrahim al-Jaafari Islamic Virtue Party (Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition) (219) 45,475 4.52% 1 Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem Independent Civil Alternative Coalition (209) 41,090 4.08% 1 Sbayh Habib Yaser Mohsen Equality and Justice Gathering 171,008 16.99% 0 Souhayl Daoud Hiyal al-Jazairi Mohsen Hamid Mohsen Abbas al-Hawi (Independent) Comprehensive Rise Gathering Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli Al-Sadiqoun Bloc Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri White Bloc Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh Shames Movement Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli Iraqi Loyalty Coalition Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri People and Competences Gathering Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri New Change Coalition Naser Hachem Saalab al-Saidi Independent Professional Movement Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi Al Wataniya Coalition Ayad Allawi Iraqi Alternative Coalition Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi Independent Women Movement Asmaa Yassin Mohammad Alliance of Loyals to the Nation Wael Abed Allatif Housayn National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement ) Yonadam Kanna Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent) Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek Hamed Rouwayd (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid Loyalty and Labor Movement Karim Oftan al-Jamili Iraq for Development and Construction Ali Taleb Cherhan Karim Total 1,006,533 100% 25 Sources: al-Sumaria - Basra Coalitions , IHEC Basra Results Archived 30 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine
Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader State of Law Coalition (277) 237,552 32.58% 8 Nouri al-Maliki Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 110,196 15.12% 4 Ammar al-Hakim Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 70,480 9.67% 2 Dia al-Asadi Islamic Virtue Party (Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition) (219) 49,502 6.79% 2 Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem National Partnership Gathering (269) 37,091 5.09% 1 Mouhannad Mahdi Kamar Jazei National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205) 36,523 5.01% 1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari Solidarity in Iraq (283) 26,013 3.57% 1 Mohammad Mahdi Mohammad Baker Abbas Awad Comprehensive Rise Gathering 161,678 22.18% 0 Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli Al-Sadiqoun Bloc Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri Equitable State Movement Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn Civil Democratic Alliance Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei White Bloc Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri Independent Popular Gathering Fallah Hassan Yassin Youssef People and Competences Gathering Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri Independent Professional Movement Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan Al Warithoun Bloc Mouhannad Hassan Mohammad Hassan Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi Al Wataniya Coalition Ayad Allawi Iraqi Alternative Coalition Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi Alliance of Loyals to the Nation Wael Abed Allatif Housayn National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement ) Yonadam Kanna Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent) Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek Hamed Rouwayd (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid Loyalty and Labor Movement Karim Oftan al-Jamili National Loyalty Bloc Cherwan Kamel Sabti Chnin Total 729,035 100% 19 Sources: al-Sumaria - Dhi Qar Coalitions , IHEC Dhi Qar Results Archived 16 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Muthanna Governorate [ edit ] Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader Muttahidoon (259) 363,938 36.84% 12 Usama al-Nujayfi Nineveh Kurdistan Alliance (243) 185,804 18.81% 6 Masoud Barzani Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 116,292 11.77% 4 Ayad Allawi National Nineveh Alliance (227) 79,071 8.00% 3 Ammar al-Hakim Al-Arabiya Coalition (255) 74,654 7.56% 3 Saleh al-Mutlaq Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266) 70,145 7.10% 2 Jalal Talabani Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262) 44,080 4.46% 1 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress Yezidi Reserved Seat (292) 14,910 1.51% 1 Amin Farhan Jijo Brim Shabak Ahrar Council Shabak Reserved Seat (293) 3,375 0.34% 1 Houssayn Ali Mohammad Ahmad Other 35,522 3.60% 0 Total 987,791 100% 31 Sources: al-Sumaria - Nineveh Coalitions , IHEC Nineveh Results Archived 16 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Party Total votes Percentage Seats Party Leader Al-Arabiya Coalition (255) 99,496 22.57% 3 Saleh al-Mutlaq Muttahidoon (259) 79,425 18.01% 3 Usama al-Nujayfi Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 70,655 16.03% 2 Ayad Allawi National Alliance of Saladin (249) 46,039 10.44% 1 Houssayn Ibrahim Saleh al-Chahrastani Karama (286) 36,288 8.23% 1 Ahmad Charei Ibrahim Aaboub Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262) 28,502 6.47% 1 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri National Coalition in Saladin (222) 26,910 6.10% 1 Diyaa Najem Abdallah Ahmad Other 53,492 12.14% 0 Total 440,807 100% 12 Sources: al-Sumaria - Saladin Coalitions , IHEC Saladin Results Archived 16 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
# Candidate Party Election List Governorate Votes +/– 1. Nouri al-Maliki Islamic Da'awa Party State of Law Coalition Baghdad 721,782[ 7] 2. Ayad Allawi Iraqi National Accord al-Wataniya Coalition Baghdad 229,709[ 7] 3. aaram Muhammad Ali Movement for Change Movement for Change (Gorran) List Sulaymaniyah 150,613 4. Najmiddin Karim Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK List Kirkuk 150,084 5. Khalaf Abdul al Samad Islamic Da'awa Party State of Law Coalition Basra 126,848 6. Usama al-Nujayfi al-Hadba Muttahidoon Nineveh 112,551 7. Hanan Saeed Mohsen al-Fatlawi State of Law Coalition Babil 90,781[ 8] 8. shirko Mirza Mohammad Amin Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK List Sulaymaniyah 83,663[ 9] 9. Mohammed Ghali Darraji al-Ahrar Coalition Baghdad 78,561[ 10] 10. Ariz Abdullah Ahmed Mahmoud Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK List Arbil 76,380[ 11]
The first session of the new parliament began on 1 July where all 328 members took oath to carry out their legal tasks and responsibilities devotedly and honestly and preserve the independence and sovereignty of Iraq, and safeguard the interests of its people. The constitution mentions that in the first session, the parliament has to elect a Speaker for the House along with two deputies. This didn't happen as some Kurdish and Sunni Arab MPs boycotted the session causing a lack of quorum since they did not agree on a single candidate. The next session took place on 13 July and brought about a consensus for the post of Speaker after it was announced that Salim al-Jabouri was the candidate.[citation needed ] After Salim al-Jabouri was voted as Speaker of the House, the parliament voted for Fuad Masum as president who in turn asked Haider al-Abadi to form a government on 11 August. The government was formed on 8 September 2014 with most parties being part of the new government.
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