| Election Name: | 2005 Kurdistan Region governorate elections |
| Country: | Kurdistan Region |
| Flag Year: | 2004 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 2014 Kurdistan Region governorate elections |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | Aggregate 123 seats to the three Kurdistan Region governorates councils |
| Party1: | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
| Leader1: | Massoud Barzani |
| Seats1: | 61 |
| Popular Vote1: | 741,483 |
| Percentage1: | 42.07% |
| Party2: | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| Leader2: | Jalal Talabani |
| Seats2: | 48 |
| Popular Vote2: | 765,544 |
| Percentage2: | 43.43% |
| Party3: | Kurdistan Islamic Union |
| Leader3: | Salaheddine Bahaaeddin |
| Seats3: | 10 |
| Popular Vote3: | 133,206 |
| Percentage3: | 7.56% |
The Kurdistan Region Governorate Council elections of 2005 were held on 31 January 2005, to coincide with the Iraqi legislative elections of January 2005 and the Kurdistan Region legislative elections of January 2005. The elections were held to choose 41 council members for each of the three governorates of Kurdistan Region, that is Dahuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah governorates. During the election, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) won a plurality of the votes, however, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) won a plurality of the council seats.
| Party | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | ||||
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | 765,544 | 43.43% | 48 | ||
| Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) | 741,483 | 42.07% | 61 | ||
| Kurdistan Islamic Union | 133,206 | 7.56% | 10 | ||
| other parties | 122,349 | 6.94% | 4 | ||
| Total | 1,762,582 | 100% | 123 | ||
| invalid ballots | 35,084 | (1.95%) | |||
| Party | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | ||||
| Democratic Voice of Kurdistan List (KDP) | 347,772 | 53.67% | 23 | ||
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | 244,343 | 37.71% | 16 | ||
| Kurdistan Islamic Union | 22,523 | 3.48% | 1 | ||
| Kurdistan Islamic Group | 18,781 | 2.90% | 1 | ||
| other parties | 14,575 | 2.24% | 0 | ||
| Total | 647,994 | 100% | 41 | ||
| invalid ballots | 16,622 | ||||
| Party | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | ||||
| Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) | 302,133 | 78.83% | 33 | ||
| Kurdistan Islamic Union | 35,675 | 9.31% | 4 | ||
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | 35,483 | 9.26% | 4 | ||
| other parties | 9,974 | 2.60% | 0 | ||
| Total | 383,265 | 100% | 41 | ||
| invalid ballots | 5,273 | ||||
| Party | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | ||||
| Patriot Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | 485,718 | 66.42% | 28 | ||
| Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq (KDP) | 91,578 | 12.52% | 5 | ||
| Kurdistan Islamic Union | 75,008 | 10.26% | 5 | ||
| Kurdistan Islamic Group | 53,088 | 7.26% | 3 | ||
| Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq | 8,192 | 1.12% | 0 | ||
| other parties | 17,739 | 3.43% | 0 | ||
| Total | 731,323 | 100% | 41 | ||
| invalid ballots | 13,189 | ||||
Source: Washington Institute: Provincial Politics in Iraq, pp. 15–16