Iraqi Kurdistan governorate elections, 2005

The Iraqi Kurdistan Governorate Council elections of 2005 were held on the 31 January 2005, to coincide with the Iraqi legislative elections of January 2005 and the Iraqi Kurdistan legislative elections of January 2005. The elections were held to choose 41 council members for each of the three governorates of Iraqi Kurdistan, 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.