Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the oil-rich region, where voters have expressed disenchantment with the political elite.

Voters in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the oil-rich region where voters

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) -Iraqi Kurds began voting in a parliamentary election in their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq on Sunday, following repeated delays. The vote is to elect 100 lawmakers who will then pick a parliament speaker,

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) of Iraq announced, Sunday, the opening of polling stations, marking the start of the general voting for parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Iraqi Kurds began casting their ballots on Sunday in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq’s first parliamentary election since 2018 amid growing internal political rifts and tension between the governments in Erbil and Baghdad.