Spatial organization of parliamentary elections in Kirkuk Governorate 2018 for the year

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Ghaith Abdul-Khader Abbas Ali, A. M. D. Reda Salem Daoud

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The study showed that the geographical distribution of voters in the districts of Kirkuk governorate was uneven, as the number of voters in the district of Kirkuk reached (700,974 voters), or (73.30%) of the total number of voters in Kirkuk governorate, while the number of voters in Al-Dibs district decreased to (46,444). The voter) i.e. (4.85%) of the total number of voters in Kirkuk governorate. As for the geographical distribution of the electoral centers, the number of electoral centers was not compatible with the number of registered voters in the districts (Kirkuk, Hawija, Daquq), while in the Debs district, the number of centers was matched with the registered ones. The study also showed that more than half of the registered voters did not vote, as the participation rate was (49.34%) of the total number of registered voters, in addition to the fact that the general and actual density in the districts of Kirkuk governorate did not match, due to the low number of participants, and the seats The allocated parliamentary elections did not match the population estimates in Kirkuk governorate, and that Daquq district had the largest share in the percentage of participants in these elections (68%).

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