إصلاح التشريعات الضامنة للإختيار الأمثل للنظام الإنتخابي

Abstract EN

Free and fair elections are one of the most important elements of a democratic regime, for being a fundamental tool to assign authority in contemporary democratic life.

Elections cannot be held without an electoral law that defines its course.

Electoral system is considered as one of the most important component of the electoral law, due to the fact that each electoral system has characteristics that distinguish it from the others, beside its drawbacks.

Therefore, the adoption of a specific form of electoral systems should not be based on an arbitrary measure, but rather derived from a combination of political, religious, social, cultural and foreign factors in a certain country.

Also, due to the impacts of the electoral system that revealed after the announcement of the election results, as it identifies the size of the political parties participating in the electoral process, and ultimately, its results are reflected on the performance of the parliament and government in meeting voters' aspirations.

This study aims to thoroughly examine electoral systems, and then clarify the context of the electoral systems in the Iraqi parliamentary elections, and the extent of their impact on political life.