Talk:December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election

message: I would like to add a section at the beginning lookin at the overall impact of the election on Iraqi politics. I realise that this could be considered highly speculative but I think it would be a useful summary anyway.
Please let me know what you think AndrewRT 22:12, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Impact 

message: "The results of a public opinion pool conducted in Babil province showed some interesting findings; the poll conducted by al-Mada research institute interviewed 460 men and women in a random sample technique from both the urban and rural parts of the province.
When asked if they were going to vote or not, 96.7% answered with “yes” while in only 3.3% of the cases the answer came as “no”.
When asked which list they’re going to vote for, 41.6% said they’ll be voting for the United Iraqi Alliance, second came Allawi’s “731 list” with 24.6% while all the rest of lists shared 15.5% of the votes in the poll.
The remaining 13.8% said they hadn’t made up their minds yet, something not unusual if we know most people know very little about the lists’ they’re supposed to chose from.
This poll showed that 77% of the interviewed people knew only the head of the list (24.8%) or a few more members of their favorite list (52.2%)."
http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/
kevin J waldroup  December,8 2005
:Is it worth adding a new section on polling / campaigning? AndrewRT 12:17, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  public opinion 

message: I am curious about the fatwas that are being issued by sunni clerics. here in this article we have: "However, the Association of Muslim Scholars, which is influential in the Sunni community, has called for a boycott of the December elections, which could have an adverse impact on the Iraqi Accord Front's success."
But right now I am reading a new york times article in which they report: "Despite the violence, more than 1,000 Sunni clerics issued a religious decree instructing their followers to vote Thursday, boosting U.S. hopes the election will encourage more members of the disaffected minority to abandon the insurgency."
Do we have a source for the first quote? Are there conflicting fatwas among the sunnis?
I'm looking forward to this election! NPPyzixBlan 17:21, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sunnis dont issue fatwas. They just sit around being sunnis. Occasionally someone'll say takbir but the most the other sunnis'll do is "allahu...meh." 165.247.83.151 21:14, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  fatwas 

message: I reversed the wording  to get what I think is a more accurate nuance here.  It isn't that "Both groups have been linked to the insurgency" but rather than "The insurgency has been linked to both groups."  The first seems to me to assign a collective blame to all members of the groups, while the second more accurately suggests only that the insurgency is made up of a (presumably quite small) fraction of both groups.
I make content edits so rarely that it probably bears repeating that I'm just editing as an ordinary editor here.
--Jimbo Wales 16:25, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah I think we'll let you. :) --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 08:11, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  slight rewording 

message: I've seen on the news purple ink which people dip their fingers in just before they put their ballot papers in the box. I was wondering what it is for. Is it just an ink which doesn't wash off for a few days so they can tell if someone has already voted, or is there another reason? --Nathan 22:49, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  purple ink 

message: can we find a source citing the figure about 25% of seats being for women? there's got to be a good one out there somewhere....NPPyzixBlan 23:29, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I heard it on BBC News... ah, just found it on the website. Done. --Nathan (Talk) 00:48, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Great! This page is looking a little better now. NPPyzixBlan 01:04, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Representation of Women 

message: Sadly I don't have time to write this, but there should be mention of some of the violence that happened during the election and security measures taken to prevent it (I heard on NPR that they baned bicycles in one city). Broken S 01:35, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Violence and security

message: I've noted that the IECI has issued results translated into English. However the translations are not the same as those used on these pages. For the time being I have kept the names as used previously, but I was wondering if people thought we should move over.
We have the same issue with the names of governorates too - e.g. they spell it Theqar, we spell it Dhi Qar.
Also, I notice they refer to Kirkuk province. Does anyone know if the name has officially been changed from At-Tamim?
Finally we have not been consistent spelling "Governorate" or "Governate". Is this an Americanism? Which is correct? AndrewRT 20:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling of governorates

message: Final results of the election have been certified:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4630518.stm
Wish I had time to update this article, but I don't -- that link should be a good start for those who do... --Jfruh 15:45, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Results are in! 

message: This new elected government doesn't appear to have a very strong mandate, does it? It only appears to  have a plurality, not a majority. Elle vécut heureuse à jamais (Be eudaimonic!) 22:59, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, a coaltion will probably be formed between the Shii and another group.  This will set the agenda of government, because both the government's legislature and executive branches hinge upon the organization of Parliament. --Vector4F 01:28, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  From a humanitarian point of view, is this a good thing or a bad thing? I'm hoping that the weakened mandate will help prevent any sort of majoritarianism, while not undermining the government's strength to achieve unity. Elle vécut heureuse à jamais (Be eudaimonic!) 04:15, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, remember that a 2/3 majority is needed to form a government under the current arrangements, which was built into the system to try to prevent majoritarian triumphalism.  Whether a government that needs a supermajority to stay in power can function remains to be seen.  --Jfruh 04:23, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  mandate 

message: Wouldn't the map be more appropriately placed with the article on the January 2005 election? It is confusing here.
:Defintely.  I removed it. --Jfruh 03:17, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: The article starts with "Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on October 15, 2005", but in the "Impact of election" section (under "Debate over Federalism and Succession") it is stated that "The elected Assembly will have the difficult task of ratifying a constitution". Is this a different kind of ratification or simply an error? 129.241.11.200 13:47, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ratification 

message: Please contibute to this discussion about renaming this article Iraqi parliamentary election, December 2005. AndrewRT(Talk) 23:08, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename "parliamentary" 

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