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Participation of Religious and Doctrines Minorities in Nineveh in the Elections for the Iraqi Council of Representatives between 2005-2014

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Dr.Saeed Khudieda Alo , Arshad Hamad Maho
» doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.9.2024.3474-3487

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The purpose of this research is to analyze the dynamics of religious and sectarian minorities in Nineveh and its representation in the Iraqi Council of Representatives through the elections that took place within a period of 2005 to 2014. Besides, between these years, there were three electoral cycles; along with the election of the January 2005 Transitional National Assembly election which was a transitional stage in the process of restructuring Iraq as a democratic, parliamentary constitutional state. Similar to other parts of Iraq population, the Iraqi minorities were also eagerly anticipating new leadership after the overthrow of the Ba’ath regime in 2003 because of the U. S invasion of Iraq. Minorities participated for some of these electoral cycles getting a parliamentary seat in a proportion to their number and density in Iraq as it was observed in first and second electoral cycle 2005-2010 and 2010-2014. But their position and the number of the parliamentary mandates decreased in other cycles and especially, in the third one (2014-2018). This led to decimation owned to the fact that they spread their votes over many candidates within their regions through casting their lots with the different personalities who were vying for the seats within their respective parties without looking at whether they were qualified to undertake the task or not. This dispersion also limited their representation in the Council of Representatives as mentioned earlier.

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