النظم الانتخابية و نظام التمثيل النسبي العراق نموذجا

Abstract EN

Each electoral system based on the different conditions of the state, whether these conditions are social, cultural or political.

also, each electoral system has deficits and advantages refer to the consciousness level of the people to the electoral system.

the 2005 constitution opened the competition gate between the political parties as an embodiment for democracy by relying on a democratic electoral system that guarantees an effective contribution for different classes of the community.

as a result of the political and social conditions that coincided with the democratic shift in Iraq since 2003, and to preserve the vote of the voters from being lost or scattering, the proportional representation system (open list) and the medium districts are the best between the systems.

the governorate must be consisted of more than one electoral district, and the winners of these districts are those who obtained the votes regarding the rate of each, and also relying on the individual nomination.

the electoral districts are small districts with one winner for each electoral district considering the women representation, minors in the Iraqi community and as stipulated by the constitution.

Iraq passed with many electoral operations and electoral system variety between the closed lists systems (proportional representation system), and developed to the open lists systems as a result for the social development and the phase dominance.

then, the Iraqi legislator shifts from the proportional representation system of lists to the individual nomination system and the electoral districts with medium numbers.

the deficits and the advantages of each electoral phase will be discussed in the two systems.