SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Iraqi Kurdistan's parliamentary elections will be held on Sept. 30. Early voting for the peshmerga and other security services will start Sept. 28.
The election was due to be held last November, but it was postponed by the parliament. The election will bring a new regional government in Kurdistan. In addition to the main two Kurdish parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, several small parties including Gorran and Kurdistan Islamic Group are participating in the election. The small parties fear large-scale fraud by the current government, which is shared by the two parties.