Results of the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election (Assyrian seats)

The 2018 Assyrian elections in Iraq were the first elections since the Islamic State invasion of Iraq, including the Assyrian heartland, the Nineveh Plains in August 2014. A parliamentary election will be held in Iraq on 12 May 2018. Of the 329 seats in the Iraqi parliament, 5 are reserved for the Christian minorities. The five reserved seats are separated one for each governorate of: Baghdad, Duhok, Erbil, Kirkuk and Nineveh.[1] At the time of voting, only about 200,000 Assyrians remained in the country.[2]

Rehan Hanna, a winner in the elections

Going into the elections, Assyrian Democratic Movement has two seats, Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council has two seats, and one by the Iraqi Communist Party. A total of seven lists comprising 67 candidates will compete for the reserved seats. At the time of elections, the Assyrian community was "divided and messy".[3] For the first time in Iraqi history, a Church has officially backed a list, as Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako openly urged his followers to vote for the 139 list.[3]

In mid-May 2018, the Iraqi Higher Elector Commission released the results showing a surprise win for the Babylon Movement,[4] a newly formed party by the Shia Islamist militant group Hashd al-Shaabi. The results were seen as unexpected by the Assyrian community, as many complained of outright fraud, where most of votes of Babylon Movement came from Shia Arabs tied to Badr Organization.[5]

Lists

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Results

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Party/list Votes % Seats +/–
Babylon Movement 33,172 2  2
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 20,197 1  1
Rafidain List 19,422 1  1
Chaldean List 16,101 1  1
Beth Nahren Union 10,689 0  1
Sons of Mesopotamia 10,666 0
Firas Gorgis Aziz 6,014 0
Syriac Assembly Movement 4,312 0
Total
Source: IHEC Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
  Winner
  Disqualified
  Winner but eventually gave up seat to pursuit ministry position
Candidate Governorate List/Party Votes Notes
Aswan Salem Sadeq Nineveh Babylon Movement 19,955 Brother of Rayan Kildani
Yonadam Kanna Baghdad Al-Rafidain/ADM 6,079 Iraq parliament member since 2005, Secretary-General of ADM since 1982
Rehan Hanna Ayoub Kirkuk Popular Council 5,458 Lawyer in Zakho
Khoshiar Qardakh Yalda Erbil Chaldean Coalition 5,152 Principal of Ankawa female Secondary School. Member of Chaldean League.[6]
Raed Ishaq Matti Nineveh Popular Council 3,617 Iraq parliament member since 2014
Anne Nafi Aussi Nineveh Al-Rafidain/Independent 3,409 Iraq Minister of Construction and Housing
Faraj Issa Yaqub Nineveh Popular Council 3,172
Imad Youkhana Yaqo Kirkuk Al-Rafidain/ADM 2,675 Iraqi parliament member since 2010, Deputy Secretary-General of ADM[7]
Najib Sliwa Hido Nineveh Chaldean Coalition 2,637
Oshana Haziran Hakkari Duhok Beth Nahren Union/BNDP 2,401 Brother of Romeo Hakkari
Hazem Yousif Gorgis Erbil Beth Nahren Union/KACP 2,208 Lawyer from Ankawa
Ghazwan Rizallah Elias Duhok Popular Council 2,196
Burhan Aldin Ishaq Baghdad Babylon Movement 941
Emanuel Khoshaba Youkhana Duhok Al-Rafidain/APP 917 APP president since 2011[8]
Hikmat Daoud Jaboo Baghdad Chaldean Coalition 893 Lecturer in Tunis University for 16 years.[9] He unsuccessfully ran for the reserved Kirkuk seat in the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election
Baida Khidhir Behnam Duhok Babylon Movement 833
Joseph Sylawa Sebi Erbil Beth Nahren Union/ICP 809 Iraq parliament member since 2014. From Shaqlawa
Evan Faiq Yaqub Duhok Chaldean Coalition 782
Sabah Mikhael Barkho Nineveh Beth Nahren Union/BNPU 782 President of BNPU. Resides in Australia
Faiz Abdul Mikhael Duhok Babylon Movement 765
Kawher Yohanna Awodish Erbil Popular Council 737
Souad Marqos Marqos Duhok Chaldean Coalition 720
Duraid Jameel Isho Erbil Babylon Movement 662
Duraid Hikmat Tobia Nineveh Al-Rafidain/ADM 662
Karolin Makradej Hakoob Kirkuk Babylon Movement 640
Badri Mikhael Warda Baghdad Popular Council 626
Raed Naser Shaya Erbil Babylon Movement 602
Raghad Yousif Jibbo Baghdad Babylon Movement 589
Karolin Adwar Mikho Kikurk Popular Council 473
Basem Habeeb Estivo Kikurk Al-Rafidain/Independent 437 Head of Department of Education in Al-Hamdaniya District (2013 - 2017).[10]
Adi Assam Wadie Baghdad Chaldean Coalition 415
Maysoon Jajjo Matti Duhok Popular Council 387
Faris Sami Yousif Baghdad Beth Nahren Union/ICP 375 Physical education professor at Baghdad University
Aziz Emmanuel Gorgis Duhok Beth Nahren Union/BNPU 360 A CSAPC member since 2006, Aziz left the party in January 2018 after not being elected to run for the elections
Nahla Mansoor Issa Erbil Popular Council 359
Ashur Yalda Benyamin Kirkuk Babylon Movement 354
Ibrahim Hanoosh Alias Kirkuk Beth Nahren Union/Ind. 348 Retired Iraqi Army general from Bartella
Kafi Dano Bani Nineveh Chaldean Coalition 337
Raed Jamal Nashat Kirkuk Chaldean Coalition 335
Hogir Andraws Yalda Erbil Chaldean Coalition 333 Elementary math teacher in Erbil, originally from Koya. Member of Chaldean League
Fathel Toma Matti Nineveh Babylon Movement 333
Muna Sarhan Sindo Baghdad Al-Rafidain/Independent 316 Chemistry professor at University of Baghdad[11]
Khalida Sleman Alias Nineveh Beth Nahren Union/ICP 288 Retired Civil Servant from Karemlash
Shamoon Shlemoon Isho Duhok Al-Rafidain/ADM 251 Member of ADM's council.[12]
Blsam Josef Patro Kirkuk Chaldean Coalition 227
Nithal Toma Oraha Kirkuk Beth Nahren Union/ICP 184 Resides in Baghdad, originally from Alqosh
Dania Rufael Odisho Baghdad Popular Council 173
Sami Abdalahad Yousif Baghdad Beth Nahren Union/BNPU 161 Engineer from Bartella
Hani Ibrahim Gorial Erbil Al-Rafidain/APP 137 Has worked within Baghdad's Ministry of Oil since 2006[13]
Firjin Hanna Kroomi Erbil Al-Rafidain/Independent 124 Head of offices within Al-Hamdaniya District department of health (1988-2006)[14]

Results by settlement

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Baqofah

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Party Total votes[15] Percentage
Kurdistan Democratic Party* 38 48.1%
Sons of Mesopotamia 21 26.6%
Babylon Movement 8 10.1%
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 4 5.1%
Dr. Firas Aziz Korakis 4 5.1%
Chaldean Alliance 2 2.5%
Rafidain List 2 2.5%

Tesqopa

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Party Total votes[16] Percentage
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 279 33.7%
Kurdistan Democratic Party* 194 23.4%
Sons of Mesopotamia 143 17.3%
Chaldean Coalition 138 16.7%
Rafidain List 56 6.8%
Babylon Movement 18 2.2%

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