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. At the time of voting, only about 200,000 Assyrians remained in the country.
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".Iraqi Christian politics just as divided messy as the rest niqash.org 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.
In mid-May 2018, the Iraqi Higher Elector Commission released the results showing a surprise win for the Babylon Movement, 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.
Lists 113 - Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 115 - United Bet Nahrain List (Beth Nahren Patriotic Union (BNPU), Iraqi Communist Party (ICP), Kaldo-Ashur Communist Party (KACP), Bet Nahrain Democratic Party (BNDP) 131 - Syriac Assembly Movement 139 - Chaldean Alliance List (Chaldean National Congress, Chaldean Democratic Union Party and independents) 144 - Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) and independents) 154 - Sons of Mesopotamia and independents 166 - Babylon Movement (founded by Hashd al-Shaabi leader Rayan al-Kildani)
Results
CandidateGovernorateList/PartyVotesNotesAswan Salem Sadeq Nineveh Babylon Movement 19,955 Brother of Rayan KildaniYonadam Kanna Baghdad Al-Rafidain/ADM 6,079 Iraq parliament member since 2005, Secretary-General of ADM since 1982Rehan Hanna Ayoub Kirkuk Popular Council 5,458 Lawyer in ZakhoKhoshiar Qardakh Yalda ErbilChaldean Coalition5,152 Principal of Ankawa female Secondary School. Member of Chaldean League.Raed Ishaq Matti Nineveh Popular Council 3,617 Iraq parliament member since 2014Anne Nafi Aussi Nineveh Al-Rafidain/Independent 3,409 Iraq Minister of Construction and HousingFaraj Issa Yaqub Nineveh Popular Council 3,172 Imad Youkhana Yaqo KirkukAl-Rafidain/ADM 2,675 Iraqi parliament member since 2010, Deputy Secretary-General of ADMNajib Sliwa Hido NinevehChaldean Coalition 2,637 Oshana Haziran Hakkari Duhok Beth Nahren Union/BNDP 2,401Brother of Romeo HakkariHazem Yousif Gorgis Erbil Beth Nahren Union/KACP 2,208Lawyer from AnkawaGhazwan Rizallah Elias Duhok Popular Council 2,196 Burhan Aldin Ishaq BaghdadBabylon Movement 941 Emanuel Khoshaba Youkhana DuhokAl-Rafidain/APP 917 APP president since 2011Hikmat Daoud Jaboo BaghdadChaldean Coalition 893 Lecturer in Tunis University for 16 years. He unsuccessfully ran for the reserved Kirkuk seat in the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary electionBaida Khidhir Behnam Duhok Babylon Movement 833 Joseph Sylawa Sebi Erbil Beth Nahren Union/ICP 809Iraq parliament member since 2014. From ShaqlawaEvan Faiq YaqubDuhok Chaldean Coalition 782 Sabah Mikhael BarkhoNinevehBeth Nahren Union/BNPU 782 President of BNPU. Resides in AustraliaFaiz 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 NinevehAl-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 473Basem Habeeb Estivo Kikurk Al-Rafidain/Independent 437Head of Department of Education in Al-Hamdaniya District (2013 - 2017).Adi Assam Wadie Baghdad Chaldean Coalition 415 Maysoon Jajjo Matti Duhok Popular Council 387 Faris Sami YousifBaghdadBeth Nahren Union/ICP 375 Physical education professor at Baghdad UniversityAziz Emmanuel Gorgis DuhokBeth Nahren Union/BNPU360A CSAPC member since 2006, Aziz left the party in January 2018 after not being elected to run for the electionsNahla Mansoor Issa Erbil Popular Council 359 Ashur Yalda BenyaminKirkukBabylon Movement 354 Ibrahim Hanoosh Alias KirkukBeth Nahren Union/Ind. 348 Retired Iraqi Army general from BartellaKafi Dano Bani NinevehChaldean Coalition 337 Raed Jamal Nashat KirkukChaldean Coalition 335 Hogir Andraws Yalda ErbilChaldean Coalition333 Elementary math teacher in Erbil, originally from Koya. Member of Chaldean League Fathel Toma Matti NinevehBabylon Movement 333 Muna Sarhan Sindo BaghdadAl-Rafidain/Independent 316 Chemistry professor at University of BaghdadKhalida Sleman Alias NinevehBeth Nahren Union/ICP 288 Retired Civil Servant from KaremlashShamoon Shlemoon IshoDuhok Al-Rafidain/ADM 251 Member of ADM's council.Blsam Josef Patro KirkukChaldean Coalition 227 Nithal Toma Oraha KirkukBeth Nahren Union/ICP 184 Resides in Baghdad, originally from AlqoshDania Rufael Odisho BaghdadPopular Council 173 Sami Abdalahad Yousif BaghdadBeth Nahren Union/BNPU 161 Engineer from BartellaHani Ibrahim Gorial ErbilAl-Rafidain/APP 137 Has worked within Baghdad's Ministry of Oil since 2006Firjin Hanna Kroomi ErbilAl-Rafidain/Independent 124 Head of offices within Al-Hamdaniya District department of health (1988–2006)
Results by settlement Baqofah PartyTotal votesPercentageKurdistan Democratic Party* 38 Sons of Mesopotamia 21 Babylon Movement 8 Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 4 Dr. Firas Aziz Korakis 4 Chaldean Alliance2 Rafidain List 2
Tesqopa PartyTotal votesPercentageChaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council 279 Kurdistan Democratic Party* 194 Sons of Mesopotamia 143 Chaldean Coalition 138 Rafidain List 56 Babylon Movement 18
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