The Kurdistan Region presidential elections of 2009 took place on 25 July 2009, coinciding with the 2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election. A total of 2.5 million citizens of

Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region ( ku, هەرێمی کوردستان, translit=Herêmî Kurdistan; ar, إقليم كردستان), abbr. KRI, is an autonomous region in Iraq comprising the four Kurdish-majority governorates of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok ...

were eligible to vote in the parliamentary and presidential elections. It is the first time that the

President of Kurdistan Region The President (government title), President of Kurdistan Region is the head of the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous region in northern Iraq. They are part of the Kurdistan Presidency Council. The current President of Kurdistan Regio ...

was chosen directly through popular votes.Kurdistan parliament elections between closed and open lists
, ''Ak News'', 2009-03-04 People currently living outside Kurdistan Region were not allowed to vote. Like the parliamentary elections, campaigning for the elections officially started on 22 June 2009 and was to be stopped 48 hours before voting starts. The elections were held with 84 registration centers and 5,403 polling stations and 5 polling stations in Baghdad. Below are the candidates listed with their lot number. *

Ahmed Mohammed Rasul Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

11 (also known as Safen Haji Sheikh Mohammed) *

Massoud Barzani Masoud Barzani ( ku, ,مه‌سعوود بارزانی, translit=Mesûd Barzanî}; born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of ...

12 (

Incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-ele ...

) *

Hussein Garmiyani Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "h ...

13 (a businessman) * Halow Ibrahim Ahmed 14 (brother-in-law of Iraqi President

Jalal Talabani Jalal Talabani ( ku, مام جەلال تاڵەبانی, translit=Celal Talebanî; ar, جلال طالباني ; 1933 – 3 October 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth president of Iraq from 2006 to 2014, as well as ...

) * Kamal Mirawdeli 15 (a London-based scholar) Halow Ibrahim Ahmed was seen as the leading challenger to the incumbent.

Results

A total of 1,819,652 people, approximately 80% of the registered voters, participated in the electio

Initial reports gave Barzani 70 percent of the vote.AFP: Opposition set to break Iraqi Kurd stranglehold
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References

2009 elections in Iraq 2009 in Iraqi Kurdistan 2009 July 2009 events in Iraq {{Iraq-election-stub

Results

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