When is the Iraq legislative election 2029?

Polling day is 2029-11-13, not yet officially confirmed.

When will the final result of the Council of Representatives race be official?

Expected between 2029-11-18T06:00:00Z and 2030-01-05T20:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. IHEC announces 'final results' after handling complaints and recounts; they are then open to appeal to the Judicial Electoral Panel and become binding only on ratification by the Federal Supreme Court (court-validation stage). No statutory deadline found. Precedent: 2025 final-results page (ihec.iq/final-results-2025/) created 17 Nov 2025 07:15 UTC, day 6; 2021 final results announced at a conference on 30 Nov 2021, day 51 after the 10 Oct 2021 vote (IHEC chair's speech, ihec.iq/16306/2021/12/), after manual recounts and Judicial Panel rulings that changed five seats. The opening (09:00 AST on day 5) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of 5 Jan 2030, Baghdad time, two days beyond the 2021 precedent. Not binding until ratified.

Where are the official Council of Representatives results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Independent High Electoral Commission (https://ihec.iq/).

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Iraq legislative election 2029

Name: Iraq legislative election 2029
Start: 2029-11-13
Location: Iraq

Polling day Tue, 13 Nov 2029 Date not yet official. Counted by Independent High Electoral Commission. Times are Baghdad time; hover for UTC.

18 Nov 2029 – 5 Jan 2030

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Sat 5 Jan, 23:59 Baghdad time.

Polls close: Tue 13 Nov, 18:00
First count by: Wed 14 Nov, 23:59
Counted by: Independent High Electoral Commission
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: ihec.iq

Count stages Council of Representatives, 329 seats (not yet official)

10 Nov24 Nov8 Dec22 Dec5 Jan19 Jan2 Feb

Election-night count

13–14 NovElection-night count: Tue 13 Nov, 18:00 → Wed 14 Nov, 23:59, announced.

Final result

18 Nov 2029 – 5 JanFinal result: Sun 18 Nov, 09:00 → Sat 5 Jan, 23:59, precedent.

Court validation

7 Dec 2029 – 2 FebCourt validation: Fri 7 Dec, 00:00 → Sat 2 Feb, 23:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateBaghdad time. Polls close in 1138 days.

Government. Days from polling to the cabinet's confidence vote: 2018 (12 May 2018 to 24 Oct 2018) 165 and 2021 (10 Oct 2021 to 27 Oct 2022) 382, from Wikipedia, not checked against parliament.iq; 2025 (11 Nov 2025 to 14 May 2026) 184, Al Jazeera and Peregraf 14 May 2026, 14 of 23 ministers approved that day. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent. Not before Fri 7 Dec. Precedents: 165 and 184 and 382 days from polling day.

Stage windows and their sources 4 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Tue 13 Nov, 18:00 → Wed 14 Nov, 23:59
announced

Law No. 12 of 2018 art. 16 as amended by Law No. 4 of 2023 art. 10 (Gazette No. 4718): IHEC must announce the results within 24 hours, for general and special voting. Polling hours are set by IHEC: 2025 07:00-18:00 Baghdad time (Rudaw, 11 Nov 2025); pollsCloseUtc assumes 18:00 AST (UTC+3; Iraq has no DST) = 15:00 UTC, an ESTIMATE until IHEC announces the hours. 2025 precedent: IHEC's preliminary-results page (ihec.iq/results-2025/, 'النتائج الاولية') was created 12 Nov 2025 14:00 UTC, 23 h after polls closed, and last modified 20:11 UTC that day (WordPress page record). In 2021 results for stations that did not transmit electronically were added in later tranches (IHEC statement, ihec.iq/15039/2021/10/). The window closes at the end of the day after polling, Baghdad time. Preliminary, not the final result.
Final result
Sun 18 Nov, 09:00 → Sat 5 Jan, 23:59
precedent

IHEC announces 'final results' after handling complaints and recounts; they are then open to appeal to the Judicial Electoral Panel and become binding only on ratification by the Federal Supreme Court (court-validation stage). No statutory deadline found. Precedent: 2025 final-results page (ihec.iq/final-results-2025/) created 17 Nov 2025 07:15 UTC, day 6; 2021 final results announced at a conference on 30 Nov 2021, day 51 after the 10 Oct 2021 vote (IHEC chair's speech, ihec.iq/16306/2021/12/), after manual recounts and Judicial Panel rulings that changed five seats. The opening (09:00 AST on day 5) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of 5 Jan 2030, Baghdad time, two days beyond the 2021 precedent. Not binding until ratified.
Court validation
Fri 7 Dec, 00:00 → Sat 2 Feb, 23:59
precedent

Constitution art. 93 Seventh: the Federal Supreme Court has jurisdiction over 'Ratifying the final results of the general elections for membership in the Council of Representatives'; art. 94: its decisions are final and binding. No deadline for the ratification found. Precedent: 2025, IHEC sent the results to the Court on 8 Dec 2025 (PUKmedia) and the Court ratified them on Sun 14 Dec 2025, day 33 (IHEC, ihec.iq/41982/2025/12/); 2021, ratified 27 Dec 2021, day 78 (Al Jazeera, 27 Dec 2021; IHEC forwarded the final results to the Presidency on 28 Dec 2021, ihec.iq/16427/2021/12/). The opening (start of 7 Dec 2029, day 24, Baghdad time) is an ESTIMATE; the window closes at the end of 2 Feb 2030, Baghdad time, three days beyond the 2021 precedent.
Government formed
Fri 7 Dec, 00:00 → —
estimate

Constitution: the President convenes the new Council within 15 days of the ratification (arts. 54, 73 Fourth), which elects its Speaker at the first session (art. 55); a President of the Republic must be elected within 30 days of the first session (art. 72 Second(2), two-thirds majority, art. 70); the President charges the largest bloc's nominee within 15 days (art. 76 First), who has 30 days to name the cabinet (art. 76 Second) and needs an absolute majority (art. 76 Fourth). No government before the court ratification, so the floor is the court-validation opening (an estimate). The deadlines have slipped in practice.

Results sources 5 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
ihec.iq/results/	results-live	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
constituteproject.org/constitution/Iraq_2005	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
moj.gov.iq/upload/pdf/4718.pdf	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Iraqi_parliamentary_election	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
ihec.iq	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution of Iraq 2005 (arts. 54-56, 64, 70, 72, 73, 76, 93, 94; constituteproject.org); Official Gazette No. 4718 (Law No. 4 of 2023); ihec.iq results index, 2025 preliminary/final results pages and posts (WordPress records), 2021 posts; PUKmedia and Shafaq News on the 29 Dec 2025 first session (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-10-02.

Questions and answers

When is the Iraq legislative election 2029?: Polling day is 2029-11-13, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the Council of Representatives race be official?: Expected between 2029-11-18T06:00:00Z and 2030-01-05T20:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. IHEC announces 'final results' after handling complaints and recounts; they are then open to appeal to the Judicial Electoral Panel and become binding only on ratification by the Federal Supreme Court (court-validation stage). No statutory deadline found. Precedent: 2025 final-results page (ihec.iq/final-results-2025/) created 17 Nov 2025 07:15 UTC, day 6; 2021 final results announced at a conference on 30 Nov 2021, day 51 after the 10 Oct 2021 vote (IHEC chair's speech, ihec.iq/16306/2021/12/), after manual recounts and Judicial Panel rulings that changed five seats. The opening (09:00 AST on day 5) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of 5 Jan 2030, Baghdad time, two days beyond the 2021 precedent. Not binding until ratified.
Where are the official Council of Representatives results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Independent High Electoral Commission (https://ihec.iq/).