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Rudaw
April 25, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is the dominant party in the Kurdistan Region – holding the most seats in both the Kurdistan Region parliament and among the Kurdish parties in the Iraqi parliament. This power is a responsibility, according to Nechirvan Barzani, KRG primeÃâà...
Rudaw
April 25, 2018
A candidate running on the election list of the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) filed a complaint after a video of her wearing a short dress at a birthday party was leaked on social media. A man in Najaf had to pay $84,000 after footage went viral of him kissing and putting his wet finger on a campaignÃâà...
Kurdistan24
April 25, 2018
It is the third-largest party in the Kurdistan Region following the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Gorran (Change) with 18 seats in Kurdistan Parliament. On Sunday, the Islamic State (IS) issued a public warning, threatening that it would target voters across Iraq on election day and, in a separate statement, claimedÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 24, 2018
Barzani can even offer military support to Ankara to disrupt the growing political profile of the PKK in Sulaimaniyah, as Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party sees the PKK as a rival. The bottom line in all this activity is that we are likely to hear much more of Turkey's military actions in northern Iraq, rather thanÃâà...
Rudaw
April 23, 2018
One person who can take many votes from the Turkmen parties is a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) candidate, Mala Bashir Khalil Adad – an influential Turkmen figure. Khalil Adad won many votes in the last elections, going to the Iraqi parliament as a member of the KDP. “My voters are based in Erbil.
Rudaw
April 18, 2018
"Currently large numbers of Iraqi factions, publicly and secretly, are reaching out to the Kurdistan Democratic Party because they know that out of the 62 seats of Kurds in Iraq, in the Iraqi parliament, KDP's faction will be the largest faction. That is why, in political and mathematical terms, they are dealing withÃâà...
Rudaw
April 17, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Is it impossible to hold a free and fair vote in “occupied” Kirkuk or will boycotting the election in the disputed province damage the Kurdish cause by leaving the Kurdish population without representation in Baghdad? The two traditional ruling Kurdish parties stand on oppositeÃâà...
Rudaw
April 16, 2018
"Many times, our enemies and rivals – in order to discourage you from continuing your struggle to achieve the legitimate rights of the people of Kurdistan under the banner of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – they spread the rumour that the KDP has an issue with different factions, that the KDP lacks unity...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
Commenting on other parties contesting the election, Majeed said he expects the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the PUK to secure fewer votes compared to previous years as “people are sick and tired of the ruling system they practiced in recent years.” The KDP and PUK are traditionally the rulingÃâà...
The New Arab
December 31, 1999
Kurdistan's two primary parties - the PUK and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) - have long divided the autonomous region into two areas of control and influence. The KDP is the primary party in Kurdistan's two western provinces of Erbil and Duhok, while the PUK is the primary party in the region's easternÃâà...
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