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The Iraqi Kurdistan presidential elections of 2009 took place on 25 July 2009, coinciding with the Iraqi Kurdistan parliamentary elections of 2009. A total of 2.5 million citizens of Iraqi Kurdistan were eligible to vote in the parliamentary and presidential elections. It is the first time that the President of Iraqi Kurdistan was chosen directly through popular votes. 〔(Kurdistan parliament elections between closed and open lists ), ''Ak News'', 2009-03-04〕 People currently living outside Iraqi Kurdistan were not allowed to vote. 〔 (Elections in Kurdistan: To Have or not to Have the Right to Vote ), ''Kurdish Aspect'', 2009-05-01〕 Like the parliamentary elections, campaigning for the elections officially started on 22 June 2009 and was to be stopped 48 hours before voting starts.〔http://pukmedia.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11750&Itemid=52|Campaigns of the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan region〕 The elections were held with 84 registration centers and 5,403 polling stations in Kurdistan and 5 polling stations in Baghdad. Below are the candidates listed with their lot number. * Ahmed Mohammed Rasul 11 (also known as Safen Haji Sheikh Mohammed) * Massoud Barzani 12 (Incumbent) * Hussein Garmiyani 13 (a businessman) * Halow Ibrahim Ahmed 14 (brother-in-law of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani) * Kamal Mirawdeli 15 (a London-based scholar) Halow Ibrahim Ahmed was seen as the leading challenger to the incumbent.〔http://www.rferl.org/content/Leading_Challenger_Emerges_In_Iraqi_Kurdistan_Presidential_Vote/1782150.html〕 ==Results== A total of 1,819,652 people, approximately 80% of the registered voters, participated in the election() Initial reports gave Barzani 70 percent of the vote.〔(AFP: Opposition set to break Iraqi Kurd stranglehold )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iraqi Kurdistan presidential election, 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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