The voting process for the parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq, which have been postponed for two years, has begun. Voters for the 6th Term Parliamentary Elections in the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq (KRG), which have been postponed for two years, began to go to the polls at 07:00. In the special voting process held on Friday, which involved 215,960 security personnel, a participation rate of 97% was achieved. In today’s vote, 2,683,618 general voters have the right to vote and the voting process will end at 18:00. In the elections monitored by the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq, 1191 candidates, including 368 women, are competing. Candidates will compete to enter the 100-seat parliament, with a total quota of 5 seats allocated for Turkmen, Christians, and Armenians. In a statement made by the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq on Friday, it was announced that all election results would be sent to the center in Baghdad, and the first results of the elections would be announced 24 hours after the general elections were completed. The parliamentary elections, which should be held every 4 years in the KRG, were last held on September 30, 2018. The parties competing for the 111-seat parliament in the KRG included the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) with 45 seats, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) with 21 seats, the Change Movement (Goran) with 12 seats, the New Generation Movement with 8 seats, the Kurdistan Justice Society Party (Komel) with 7 seats, the Reform towards Reconstruction Coalition of the Kurdistan Islamic Unity Party with 5 seats, and the Azadi and Modern lists each won one seat. Turkmen, who are subject to the quota system, sent 5 seats to the parliament, while Christians sent 6 seats. On February 21, the Iraqi Federal Court ruled that splitting the KRG into four electoral districts and the quota of 11 seats, 5 for Turkmen and 6 for Christians in the 111-seat KRG Parliament, was unconstitutional, thus reducing the number of seats in the parliament to 100. The Iraqi Higher Judicial Council, on May 21, decided to allocate a total of 5 seats to Turkmen, Christians, and Armenians in the 100-seat KRG Parliament.