| Election Name: | Kurdistan Region presidential election, 2009 |
| Country: | Kurdistan Region |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Kurdistan Region presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Election Date: | 25 July 2009 |
| Map Size: | 125px |
| Nominee1: | Massoud Barzani |
| Party1: | Kurdistani List |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,266,397 |
| Percentage1: | 69.6% |
| Nominee2: | Kamal Mirawdily |
| Party2: | Independent (politician) |
| Popular Vote2: | 460,323 |
| Percentage2: | 25.3% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Massoud Barzani |
| Before Party: | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Massoud Barzani |
| After Party: | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
The Kurdistan Region presidential elections of 2009 took place on 25 July 2009, coinciding with the 2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election. A total of 2.5 million citizens of Kurdistan Region were eligible to vote in the parliamentary and presidential elections. It is the first time that the President of Kurdistan Region was chosen directly through popular votes.[1] People currently living outside Kurdistan Region were not allowed to vote.[2]
Like the parliamentary elections, campaigning for the elections officially started on 22 June 2009 and was to be stopped 48 hours before voting starts.[3] The elections were held with 84 registration centers and 5,403 polling stations and 5 polling stations in Baghdad. Below are the candidates listed with their lot number.
Halow Ibrahim Ahmed was seen as the leading challenger to the incumbent.[4]
A total of 1,819,652 people, approximately 80% of the registered voters, participated in the election http://www.krg.org/articles/detail.asp?rnr=223&lngnr=12&smap=02010100&anr=30895
Initial reports gave Barzani 70 percent of the vote.[5]
| Candidate | Popular votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,266,397 | 69.6 | ||
| Kamal Mirawdily | 460,323 | 25.3 | |
| Halow Ibrahim Ahmed | 63,377 | 3.5 | |
| Ahmed Mohammed Rasul | 18,890 | 1.4 | |
| Hussein Garmiyani | 10,665 | 0.6 | |
| Total | 1,819,652 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322105611/http://www.knowkurdistan.com/features/democratic_progress_election.html | 100% |