Middle East This Week: October 22, 2024

October 22, 2024

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in the greater Middle East and North Africa, usually posted on Tuesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

Government building in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Kushared (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Upcoming Middle East Elections

Qatar Referendum On Ending Elections: Forthcoming

Jon Gambrell, AP (October 15, 2024): Qatar’s ruler says his nation will vote on abandoning legislative elections after just one poll

Past Middle East Elections

Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Parliamentary Elections: October 20, 2024

Anadolu Agency (October 22, 2024): Initial results of elections in Iraq’s KRG-held region show KDP, PUK retaining positions

AP (October 21, 2024): Iraqi Kurds go to the polls with a flagging economy top of mind

Reuters (October 20, 2024): Iraqi Kurds vote in regional election amid oil export crisis and political rifts

Winthrop Rodgers, Middle East Institute (October 17, 2024): Kurdish elections arrive — finally, and with challenges

Shivan Fazil, Atlantic Council (October 18, 2024): The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is finally having its election. Here’s how it’ll play out.

Tunisia Presidential Election: October 6, 2024

AP (October 23, 2024): Tunisia’s president is inaugurated for a second term following a crackdown on his opponents

The New Arab (October 23, 2024): Tunisia adds jail time for former presidential candidate

Iran Presidential Election: June 28 and July 5, 2024Iran International (October 17, 2024): Freedom House slams Iran for censoring online election criticism

Elections On Deck

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