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Kurdish Referendum, September 2017

 

 

 

Note: On 25 September 2017, the Kurdistan Regional Government based in Irbil conducted a referendum in which over 92 per cent of the voted in favor of Kurdish independence. This was contested by the central government in Baghdad and was overruled by the Iraqi Supreme Court on 6 November. The details of the referendum are reproduced here. Editor MEI@ND

Number of registered voters[*]

4,581,255

Number of votes cast[†] (72.16%)

3,305,925

Invalid Votes (1.21%)

40,011

Empty Votes (0.28 %)

9,368

Exiled Votes[‡] (5.16% )

170,611

Valid Votes

3,085,935

Voted for Yes (92.73 %)

2,861,471

Voted for NO (7.27 %)

224,464

 

 

Source - The Independent High Elections and Referendum, Kurdistan Regional Government Commission, 27 September 2017

As part of its editorial policy, the MEI@ND standardizes spelling and date formats to make the text uniformly accessible and stylistically consistent. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views/positions of the MEI@ND. Editor, MEI@ND: P R Kumaraswamy

 

 

[*] The number of voter in Kurdistan region, other Kurdistan areas out of administration of Kurdistan region and those are living abroad.

[†] The numbers of participants in referendum process for independency of Kurdistan region, other Kurdistan areas out of administration of Kurdistan region and those are living abroad.

[‡][‡] Conditional votes for not matching with commission data.