Electoral system for national legislature

Iraq

Iraq

Answer
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Source

IHEC, Instructions for distributing seats for the 2021 Iraqi parliament elections [in Arabic], accessed 19 October 2021

Congressional Research Service, Iraq's October 2021 Election [Updated October 18, 2021], accessed 19 October 2021

"Under a new voting law finalized in 2020, Iraq adopted a single nontransferable vote system (one vote, one candidate, multiple seats per constituency). Voters selected 320 candidates across 83 local constituencies and nine candidates for seats reserved for minority groups.At least 25% of the COR seats were reserved for women, with one seat per constituency designated for female candidates."

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