Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 1992

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On May 19, 1992, elections were held to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdish Autonomous 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.

The results were a narrow vistory for the Kurdish Democratic Party, who won 51 seats against the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan-led alliance which won 49 seats. The KDP decided to give up one seat to the PUK so that each would have 50 seats.

Presidential elections held conjointly resulted in a narrow victory for Massoud Barzani, leader of the KDP.

Party	Votes		Seats	Leaders
	Total count	Percent
Kurdish Democratic Party	437,879	45.3%	51	Masoud Barzani
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	423,833	43.8%	49	Jalal Talabani
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan	49,108	5.1%	-
Kurdistan Socialist Party	24,882	2.6%	-
Iraqi Communist Party	21,123	2.2%	-
Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party	9,903	1.0%	-
Independent Democrats	501	0.0%
Invalid votes	4,724	—
Total votes cast	971,953	—

• Kurdistan National Assembly Parliament
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