Masrour Barzani: The Kurdistan Democratic Party Is the Leading Party in Iraq
ARK News.. Masrour Barzani, Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, corrected statements made by speakers at the Middle East Peace and Security Forum “MEPS 2025” regarding the number of votes in the recent Iraqi parliamentary elections.
During the forum, some speakers stated that the KDP ranked as the second-largest party in Iraq based on total votes.
However, Barzani intervened to clarify, saying: “I want to correct the points raised in this session. You mentioned that the Kurdistan Democratic Party is now the second-largest party in Iraq. But in fact, we received more than one million and one hundred thousand votes — therefore, we are the first party.”
Barzani added that while some alliances may have collected several thousand votes more collectively, this does not change the fact that the KDP, as a single party, is the top party in Iraq
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