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The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. On January 30, 2005, Legislative elections, the Iraqi people chose representatives for the newly-formed 275-member Iraqi National Assembly For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Elections were held simultaneously for the assembly of the Kurdistan Regional Government. Iraqi Kurdistan Region ( Kurdish: هه رێمى كوردستان Herêmi Kurdistan, Arabic:إقليم كردستان العراق, Iqlĩm Kurdistãn The Alliance represents a coalition of the two main Kurdish parties, the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan – once engaged in a civil war with each other – along with many smaller groups. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK (est 1975 (یەکیتیا نیشتمانیا کوردستان is a Kurdish Political party in Iraqi Kurdistan.

The alliance received 1,570,663 votes to the Kurdistan National Assembly, or 90% of the vote. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP (Partîya Demokrata Kurdistan (PDK was founded by Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist who fought numerous revolts against The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK (est 1975 (یەکیتیا نیشتمانیا کوردستان is a Kurdish Political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. Kurdistan Islamic Union is a party in Iraqi Kurdistan is in principle independent and is directly responsible for policy matters The Kurdistan Communist Party/Iraq (Partiya Komunîst Kurdistan a Îraq is a Kurdish Political party, formed in 1993 when the Iraqi Communist Party The Assyrian Patriotic Party is a Political party in Iraq representing ethnic Assyrians. The Chaldean Democratic Union is a political party in Iraq and a component of the Kurdistani Alliance. Kurdistan Toilers' Party (Parti Zahmatkeshan Kurdistan founded according to the party in 1985, is a splinter from the Kurdistan Socialist Party of Iraq, and later At the federal level, the DPAK took close to 26% of the vote and won 75 seats out of 275 in the Iraqi National Assembly. They were able to secure the selection of Jalal Talabani (the PUK leader) as President of Iraq, while Massoud Barzani (the KDP leader) became President of Iraqi Kurdistan. Jalal Talabani ( Kurdish: جه لال تاله بانی / Celal Talebanî / Jelal Talebaní جلال طالباني) (born November 12, 1933 The President of Iraq is Iraq 's Head of state. Presidents of the Republic of Iraq (1958-2003 For most of the country's history Iraq's Masoud Barzani ( Kurdish: مسعودبارزانی Mesûd Barzanî (born August 16, 1946) is the current President of the Autonomous Kurdish

In the Iraqi legislative election, December 2005, the Kurdistan Islamic Union (affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood) has left the DPAK to form a list of its own. Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on October 15 2005, a general election was held on 15 December to elect Kurdistan Islamic Union is a party in Iraqi Kurdistan is in principle independent and is directly responsible for policy matters The Muslim Brothers ( Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون al-ikhwān al-muslimūn, full title The Society of the Muslim Brothers, often simply الإخوان There were 8 members of the Alliance in December 2005:

The alliance won in the December 2005 elections 21. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP (Partîya Demokrata Kurdistan (PDK was founded by Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist who fought numerous revolts against The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK (est 1975 (یەکیتیا نیشتمانیا کوردستان is a Kurdish Political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. Islamic Group of Kurdistan/Irak ( Arabic: كؤمةلَي ئيسلامي لة كوردستان/ عيراق Kurdish: Komele Islami le Kurdistan/Iraq The Kurdistan Communist Party/Iraq (Partiya Komunîst Kurdistan a Îraq is a Kurdish Political party, formed in 1993 when the Iraqi Communist Party The Chaldean Democratic Union is a political party in Iraq and a component of the Kurdistani Alliance. Kurdistan Toilers' Party (Parti Zahmatkeshan Kurdistan founded according to the party in 1985, is a splinter from the Kurdistan Socialist Party of Iraq, and later The Iraqi Turkmen Brotherhood Party is a political party in Iraq led by Walid Sharika. Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on October 15 2005, a general election was held on 15 December to elect 7% and 53 out of 275 seats.

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