Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2005 |
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Do you want Kurdistan to become an independent state?
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Location |
Northern Iraq |
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Date |
30 January 2005 |
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Results
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Votes |
% |
Yes |
1,973,412 |
7001989800000000000♠98.98% |
No |
20,251 |
7000102000000000000♠1.02% |
Valid votes |
1,993,663 |
7001997800000000000♠99.78% |
Invalid or blank votes |
4,398 |
6999220000000000000♠0.22% |
Total votes |
1,998,061 |
100.00% |
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Results by Governorate |
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Yes No |
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An informal independence referendum for Iraqi Kurdistan was held on 30 January 2005, with final results showing the vast majority of votes, 98.98 percent, cast in favour of independence. Conducted by the Kurdistan Referendum Movement alongside the Iraqi parliamentary elections and Iraqi Kurdistan elections of 2005, the referendum asked the people of Iraqi Kurdistan whether they favoured remaining a part of Iraq or were in favour of an independent Kurdistan.[1] On 22 December 2004, a non-partisan delegation headed by Ardishir Rashidi-Kalhur, president of the Kurdish American Education Society met with Carina Perelli, Head of the U.N. Electoral Assistance Division and staff, at The United Nations Headquarters in New York, to hand over 1,732,535 signatures, which were collected endorsing the call for an independence referendum on the future of Southern Kurdistan.
Results
Area: |
Independence |
Stay in Iraq |
Total |
Independence % |
Stay in Iraq % |
Kerkuk: |
131,274 |
181 |
131,582 |
99.88 |
0.12 |
Nineveh: |
165,780 |
111 |
165,891 |
99.93 |
0.07 |
Diyala: |
35,786 |
627 |
36,413 |
98.28 |
1.72 |
Silemani: |
650,000 |
5,796 |
656,496 |
99.12 |
0.88 |
Hewler: |
622,409 |
11,289 |
636,898 |
98.23 |
1.77 |
Dahuk: |
368,163 |
2,247 |
370,781 |
99.39 |
0.61 |
Total: |
1,973,412 |
20,251 |
1,998,061 |
98.88% |
1.12% |