2022 Iraqi Presidential Election
The year-long deadlock13 October 2022 · Elected by parliament · two-round vote
The Iraqi presidential election of 2022 was held on 13 October 2022 to elect by indirect suffrage the president of Iraq for a four-year term. The position is largely ceremonial, with Iraq being a parliamentary system.
An indirect vote of the Council of Representatives, held a year late after repeated failures to reach the two-thirds quorum.
President before
Barham Salih
PUK
Elected President
Abdul Latif Rashid
PUK
Winning share
62.1%
second round
Turnout
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The result
Abdul Latif Rashid
PUK · 157 votes
62.07%
second round
Barham Salih
PUK · 99 votes
37.93%
second round
Required majority
220 votes · 50 votes
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first round