1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

On 19 May 1992 elections were held to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. At the time, the National Assembly had 105 seats, of which 5 were reserved for the Assyrian community. Parties had to achieve more than 7% of the vote to be elected. There were 178 polling stations around the region.[1]

Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, 1992

19 May 1992
Total of 105 seats of the Kurdistan National Assembly 53 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Massoud Barzani Jalal Talebani Party KDP PUK Seats won 51 49 Seat change 51 49 Popular vote 437,879 423,833 Percentage 45.3% 43.8%
Map showing areas where the PUK won a majority in green and were the KDP won a majority in Yellow
Prime Minister before election Post-Created Elected Prime Minister Fuad Masum PUK

The election resulted in a narrow victory for the Kurdish Democratic Party, which won 51 seats, its main rival, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's Alliance won 49 seats. However, due to fraud allegations KDP gave up one seat to the PUK so that each would have 50 seats, they proceeded to form a unity government which lasted until May 1994, when the Kurdish Civil War broke out.

On 4 June 1992, KDP Secretary General Jawhar Namiq Salim was elected Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly and prominent PUK member Fuad Masum was elected Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region.