MESOP MIDEAST WATCH : ELECTION RESULTS IN IRAQ/KURDISTAN

Abdulla Hawez

12.10.2021

In just three years, the voter turnout has dropped by 37% in Iraqi Kurdistan (this is only among registered voters which have also dropped in 2021 compared to 2018). In 2018: 1,809,427 In 2021: 1,146,433 Voter turnout among registered voters in 2021: 38.9%

Before the election, Masoud Barzani’s brother reportedly visited the north Erbil areas and provided money and other resources to take down Faisal Karimkhan from the Bradost tribe; he is said to have told people to make sure he doesn’t mind no matter the price.

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