Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 11 November 2025. The elections determined the 329 members of Iraq’s Council of Representatives, who are responsible for electing the country’s president who appoints the prime minister.

The 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election resulted in violent protests in Baghdad as well as a political crisis of eleven months. On 3 August 2022, Muqtada al-Sadr called for snap elections, but was unsuccessful. Muqtada al-Sadr left politics and his party resigned from the Council of Representatives. There was speculation he would return to politics ahead of the elections but in July 2025, Sadr announced that he will boycott the elections.

Sources and further reading:

Iraq 2025 election: Reform candidates pushed out by a system that rejects change, Chatham House 05/12/2025

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/12/iraq-2025-election-reform-candidates-pushed-out-system-rejects-change

Explainer: Who won and who lost in Iraq’s 2025 parliamentary election? BBC News, 18/11/2025

https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/b0004y97