Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress
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The Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress is a Yezidi political party in Iraq
. The party represents Yezidi people in the Nineveh plains
.
It ran in the December 2005 elections
and won 0.2 % of the popular vote, thus receiving one seat in the Iraqi parliament (held by Amin Farhan Jejo).
The party won a local governorate seat in Ninewa in the January 2005 elections and in the January 2009 elections as well.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. The party represents Yezidi people in the Nineveh plains
Nineveh plains
Nineveh plains is a region in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq to the north and west of the city Mosul. The area generally consists of three districts; Tel Keppe, Al-Hamdaniya, and Al-Shikhan...
.
It ran in the December 2005 elections
Iraqi legislative election, December 2005
Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on 15 October 2005, a general election was held on 15 December to elect a permanent 275-member Iraqi Council of Representatives....
and won 0.2 % of the popular vote, thus receiving one seat in the Iraqi parliament (held by Amin Farhan Jejo).
The party won a local governorate seat in Ninewa in the January 2005 elections and in the January 2009 elections as well.