Court ratifies Iraq’s 2025 election results, clearing way for new parliament

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court on Sunday approved the final results of the 2025 parliamentary elections, ruling that the vote met constitutional and legal requirements and contained no violations serious enough to affect its validity, clearing the way for the new Council of Representatives to convene.

In a statement, the court said, “The Federal Supreme Court ratified today, Sunday, the final results of the general elections for membership of the Council of Representatives.”

The court said it held a closed session Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, chaired by its president, Judge Mundhir Ibrahim Hussein, and attended by all members, to review the results submitted by the Independent High Electoral Commission. After deliberations, the judges concluded that the election process “fulfilled its constitutional and legal requirements” and decided, under Article 93 (Seventh) of the Iraqi Constitution, to ratify the results for the winning candidates listed by IHEC.

The court said it would notify the three authorities of the decision and confirmed that the ruling, issued under No. (235 / Federal / 2025), is “final and binding on all authorities” in line with the Iraqi Constitution and the Federal Supreme Court Law.

The ratification came after the completion of the electoral appeals process earlier this month. On Dec. 7, the Supreme Judicial Council said Iraq’s electoral judicial panel had finished ruling on all 853 appeals filed against the results of the Nov. 11 parliamentary elections, a required step before the final results could be referred to the court for certification.

The Nov. 11 vote was Iraq’s sixth parliamentary election since 2003 and was held in general and special voting rounds across the country’s 18 constituencies. According to the Independent High Electoral Commission, Shiite lists won 187 seats, Sunni lists secured 77 seats and Kurdish lists took 56.

With the court’s ratification now issued and described as final and binding, seat allocations are definitive, allowing the new Council of Representatives to convene and begin constitutional procedures related to forming the next government.