Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005

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national election parliamentary election

The Iraqi parliamentary election of January 2005 was the first national vote held after the fall of Saddam Hussein, aimed at choosing a transitional assembly to draft a new constitution and establish a democratic government.

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Surface form	Occurrences
January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national election ⓘ parliamentary election ⓘ
ballotType	party lists rather than individual candidates ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
date	2005-01-30 ⓘ
diasporaVoting	allowed ⓘ
diasporaVotingCountries	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ several European and Middle Eastern states ⓘ
electoralBody	Transitional National Assembly of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Iraqi parliamentary election, December 2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	2000 Iraqi parliamentary election NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	led to the drafting of the 2005 Constitution of Iraq ⓘ marked a key step in Iraq’s post-2003 political transition ⓘ
keyParticipant	Assyrian Democratic Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi Islamic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi List NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi Turkmen Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdistani Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ United Iraqi Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Transitional Administrative Law of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainWinner	United Iraqi Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainWinnerSeatCount	approximately 140 ⓘ
month	January ⓘ
notableFeature	boycotted by many Sunni Arab parties ⓘ first national election in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein ⓘ held under US-led coalition occupation ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested	275 ⓘ
organizedBy	Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversight	United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Iraqi transition process after the 2003 invasion ⓘ
purpose	to draft a new Iraqi constitution ⓘ to elect a Transitional National Assembly ⓘ to establish a democratic government in Iraq ⓘ
resultedIn	appointment of Ibrahim al-Jaafari as Prime Minister of Iraq ⓘ election of Jalal Talabani as President of Iraq ⓘ formation of the Iraqi Transitional Government ⓘ
secondPlace	Kurdistani Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityContext	widespread insurgency and violence ⓘ
securityMeasure	heavy presence of coalition and Iraqi security forces ⓘ vehicle bans on election day in many cities ⓘ
thirdPlace	Iraqi List NERFINISHED ⓘ
turnoutPercentage	approximately 58 ⓘ
voterEligibility	Iraqi citizens aged 18 or older ⓘ
votingSystem	closed-list party-list system ⓘ proportional representation ⓘ
year	2005 ⓘ

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Iraq political transition (2004) → followedBy → Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005 ⓘ

December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election → follows → Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005 ⓘ

this entity surface form: January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election

December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election → relatedEvent → Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005 ⓘ

this entity surface form: January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election