While Iraq’s ruling elite are starting discussions over who should be the next prime minister the full results of the country’s 2025 parliamentary elections have been announced.
In total the Shiite parties won 187 out of 329 seats in the new parliament. PM Sudani’s Reconstruction and Development list came in first with 46 seats followed by Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law with a disappointing 29 seats. Maliki was hoping to usurp Sudani as prime minister but many now think he just wants to be a spoiler and deny the premier another term in office. Qais Khazali of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq did surprisingly well with 27 seats for his Sadiqoun. He now has the same standing as Maliki. Badr finished with 21 seats and the National State Forces Alliance of Ammar Hakim got 18.
The Sunni lists won 77 seats. Former Speaker of Parliament Mohammed Halbusi’s Progress Party finished third overall with 27 seats. The Azm Alliance of Muthanna al-Samarraie got 15 seats and Khamis al-Khanjar and his Sovereitny Alliance received 9. They along with two other Sunni parties have announced the National Political Council to try to provide a united front when it comes to dividing up government positions. They agree upon nothing however with Halbusi and Khanjar being longtime rivals.
The Kurds ended up with 56 seats. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) continued its dominance winning 26 seats and 1,10,357 votes versus 15 and 548,839 ballots for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). It’s expected that the KDP will ask for the presidency which has gone to the PUK since 2005 to complete its monopoly over all the major Kurdish positions in the central and regional government. New Generation which used to be the main opposition party in Kurdistan finished with just 3 seats. The leader of the party Shaswar Abdulwahid was arrested by the PUK in August in a step by the party to eliminate its opponents.
The parties want to try to avoid the controversy that marked the last elections when it took a year to form the new government but this year there are two major roadblocks to a swift process. As mentioned before the Kurds will be battling over the presidency. That along with naming a speaker of parliament are the initial moves to putting together a regime. Sudani also doesn’t have a commanding position within the Shiite bloc and there are many who do not want him to return because he is building up an independent base. Nothing happens until the Shiites agree upon a premier and that may not be easy because Sudani will not go down without a fight.
|
Party |
Seats |
Votes |
|
Reconstruction and Development/PM Sudani |
46 |
1,318,687 |
|
State of Law/Maliki |
29 |
728,851 |
|
Progress Party/Halbusi |
27 |
939,810 |
|
Sadiqoun/Asaib Ahl Al-Haq |
27 |
686,902 |
|
Kurdistan Democratic Party/Barzani |
26 |
1,101,357 |
|
Badr/Amiri |
21 |
556,850 |
|
National State Forces Alliance/Hakim |
18 |
563,839 |
|
Azm Alliance/Samarraie |
15 |
483,737 |
|
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan/Talabani |
15 |
548,928 |
|
Ishraqat Kanoon |
10 |
199,335 |
|
Sovereignty Alliance/Al-Siyada/Khanjar |
9 |
316,415 |
|
Al-Asas Alliance |
8 |
290,128 |
|
Rights Movement |
6 |
226,126 |
|
Design Alliance |
6 |
173,761 |
|
Services Alliance |
5 |
190,707 |
|
Al-Hasm Alliance |
5 |
226,469 |
|
Al-Mawqif Current |
5 |
156,995 |
|
Abshir Ya Iraq |
4 |
202,726 |
|
Kurdistan Islamic Union |
4 |
166,954 |
|
Wasit Ajmal |
4 |
106,152 |
|
Qimam Alliance |
3 |
97,635 |
|
Anbar Our Identity |
3 |
128,325 |
|
National Masses |
3 |
104,749 |
|
New Generation |
3 |
104,749 |
|
Quota seats |
9 |
|
SOURCES
Al Alam, “Are Maliki’s moves aimed at his return or a maneuver to bury he Sudani issue and pave the way for a new consensus?” 11/23/25
- “Representation Harvest: A Complete Map of Political Parties’ Quotas in the 2025 Elections,” 11/22/25
- “Seats in the Hand: 187 for Shiites, 77 for Sunnis, and 56 for Kurds … Al-Alam Al-Jadeed Presents the Features of the Sixth Parliament,” 11/18/25
- “The Sunni Council: Will it bring Halbousi closer to the top post?” 11/24/25
Basitkey, Nibras and Taylor, Victoria, “Tracking Iraq’s 2025 elections and coalition building,” The Atlantic Council, 11/9/25
Al Mada, “Following the election results, the presidential dilemma deepen the rift within the Kurdish political establishment,” 11/17/25
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