2000 Iraqi parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 27 March 2000.^[1] The elections were contested by 522 candidates,^[2] including 25 women.^[2] Whilst there were a number of candidates, all independent candidates were nominally loyal to the Ba'ath Party, and the rest of the candidates were party members.^[2]

Quick facts All 250 seats in the National Assembly 126 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

2000 Iraqi parliamentary election

← 1996 27 March 2000 January 2005 →
All 250 seats in the National Assembly 126 seats needed for a majority
First party   Leader Saddam Hussein Party Ba'ath Party Alliance NPF Last election 161 Seats won 165 Seat change 4
Prime Minister before election Saddam Hussein Ba'ath Party Elected Prime Minister Saddam Hussein Ba'ath Party

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The Ba'ath Party won 165 of the 250 seats. Of the 85 remaining elected members, 55 were independents, and 30 were appointed by the government to represent the northern Kurdish areas of Sulaymaniyah, Erbil and Dohuk, where no elections took place, and which had not been under Iraqi government control since the Gulf War.^[2]