On May 19, 1992, elections were held to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Kurdistan National Assembly ( Kurdish: Civata Nîştimanî Kurdistan, or simply Perleman, المجلس الوطني لكوردستان lit Al-Majlis TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A  parliament is a Legislature, especially in those Iraqi Kurdistan Region ( Kurdish: هه رێمى كوردستان Herêmi Kurdistan, Arabic:إقليم كردستان العراق, Iqlĩm Kurdistãn For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. At the time, the National Assembly had 105 seats, of which 5 were reserved for the Assyrian community. The Assyrians are an Ethnic group whose origins lie in what is today Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Parties had to achieve more than 7% of the vote to be elected.
The results were a narrow vistory for the Kurdish Democratic Party, who won 51 seats against the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan-led alliance which won 49 seats. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK (est 1975 (یەکیتیا نیشتمانیا کوردستان is a Kurdish Political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. The KDP decided to give up one seat to the PUK so that each would have 50 seats.
Presidential elections held conjointly resulted in a narrow victory for Massoud Barzani, leader of the KDP. Masoud Barzani ( Kurdish: مسعودبارزانی Mesûd Barzanî (born August 16, 1946) is the current President of the Autonomous Kurdish
| Party | Votes | Seats | Leaders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total count | Percent | |||
| Kurdish Democratic Party | 437,879 | 45. 3% | 51 | Masoud Barzani |
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | 423,833 | 43. Masoud Barzani ( Kurdish: مسعودبارزانی Mesûd Barzanî (born August 16, 1946) is the current President of the Autonomous Kurdish The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK (est 1975 (یەکیتیا نیشتمانیا کوردستان is a Kurdish Political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. 8% | 49 | Jalal Talabani |
| Islamic Movement of Kurdistan | 49,108 | 5. Jalal Talabani ( Kurdish: جه لال تاله بانی / Celal Talebanî / Jelal Talebaní جلال طالباني) (born November 12, 1933 The Islamic Movement of Kurdistan/Iraq was founded in 1980 by Shaykh Uthman Abd-Aziz and several other Sunni mullahs who were all part of the non-political 1% | - | |
| Kurdistan Socialist Party | 24,882 | 2. 6% | - | |
| Iraqi Communist Party | 21,123 | 2. Since its foundation in 1934 the Iraqi Communist Party (in Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العراقي has dominated the left in Iraqi politics 2% | - | |
| Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party | 9,903 | 1. 0% | - | |
| Independent Democrats | 501 | 0. 0% | ||
| Invalid votes | 4,724 | — | ||
| Total votes cast | 971,953 | — | ||