Elections in 2005
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Elections in 2005 brings the results of national/federal direct elections in the countries listed in the list of countries and the Electoral calendar. Elections are listed under the first date of the election. To the right of the results one can find the infobox on Politics of the country involved. See also Electoral calendar 2005.

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January

January 2: Croatia

Croatia
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Croatia

Constitution President Stjepan Mesić Parliament Government Prime Minister Ivo Sanader Political parties Elections President: 2005 Parliament: 2007 Counties (Županija) Foreign relations EU accession
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e•d Summary of the 2 and 16 January 2005 Croatian presidential election results
Candidates and nominating parties	Votes	%	Votes	%
Stjepan Mesić - Croatian People's Party and others	1,089,398	48.92	1,454,451	65.93
Jadranka Kosor - Croatian Democratic Union	452,218	20,31	751,692	34.07
Boris Mikšić	396,093	17.78	-	-
Đurđa Adlešič - Croatian Social Liberal Party	59,795	2.68	-	-
Slaven Letica - Croatian Party of Rights	57,748	2.59	-	-
Ljubo Ćesić	41,216	1.85	-	-
Ivić Pašalić - Croatian Bloc - Movement for a Modern Croatia	40,637	1.82	-	-
Anto Kovačević - Croatian Christian Democratic Union	19,145	0.86	-	-
Miroslav Blažević	17,847	0.80	-	-
Miroslav Rajh - Croatian Youth Party	14,766	0.66	-	-
Doris Košta	8,721	0.37	-	-
Mladen Kešer	7,056	0.32	-	-
Tomislav Petrak - Croatian Popular Party	2,614	0.12	-	-
Total (turnout 50.57 %)	2,227,073	100.0	2,241,760	100.0
Invalid votes	20,269		35,617
Registered voters	4,403,933		4,392,220
Source: State Election Commission

January 9: Palestine

Palestinian National Authority
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Palestinian National Authority

Constitution President Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (emergency rule) / Ismail Haniyeh (see note) Present government Legislative Council Speaker Abdel Aziz Duwaik Current members Political parties Elections President: 1996, 2005, next Legislative: 1996, 2006, next Governorates Electoral Districts Foreign relations Foreign Minister Fatah-Hamas conflict Israeli-Palestinian conflict Oslo Accords Proposed State of Palestine Note: On June 14, 2007, President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh's government, and appointed Fayyad to form an emergency government. However, Haniyeh and Hamas maintain that these actions were illegal, and that Haniyeh is still the Prime Minister; Haniyeh still exercises de facto authority in the Gaza Strip, while Fayyad's authority is limited de facto to the West Bank.
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e•d Summary of the 9 January 2005 Palestinian presidential election results
Candidates - Nominating parties	Votes	%
Mahmoud Abbas - Fatah or Liberation Movement of Palestine (Harakat al-Tahrâr al-Filistini)	501,448	62.52
Mustafa Barghouti - Independent	156,227	19.48
Taysir Khald - Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (Al-Jabhah al-Dimuqratiyah Li-Tahrir Filastin)	26,848	3.35
Abdel Halim al-Ashqar - Independent	22,171	2.76
Bassam al-Salhi - Palestinian People's Party (Hizb al-Sha'b al-Filastini)	21,429	2.67
Sayyid Barakah - Independent	10,406	1.30
Abdel Karim Shubeir - Independent	5,717	0.71
Invalid Ballots	30,672	3.82
Blank Ballots	27,159	3.39
Total (turnout %)	802,077	100.0
Source: Central Elections Commission

January 12: Abkhazia

Abkhazia
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Abkhazia

Government of the Republic of Abkhazia President Sergei Bagapsh Vice President Raul Khadjimba Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab People's Assembly Public Chamber Political parties Elections Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia Chairman of the Supreme Council Temur Mzhavia Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers Malkhaz Akishbaia UNOMIG See also: Politics of Georgia
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e•d Summary of the 12 January 2005 Abkhaz presidential election results
presidential candidate	vice presidential candidate	votes	%
Sergei Bagapsh	Raul Khadjimba	69,326	91.54
Iakub Lakoba	Stella Gunia	3,400	4.7
total		75,733	100

January 22: Maldives

Maldives
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Maldives

Constitution President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Majlis Political parties Elections: 2003, 2005, 2007 Atolls Foreign relations Foreign aid
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e•d Summary of the 22 January 2005 Maldivian Assembly election results
Candidates	Seats
Non-partisans supporting the government	28
Non-partisans endorsed by the Maldivian Democratic Party	10
Others	2
Appointed members	8
Total	48
Source: Adam Carr

January 30: Iraq

Iraq
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Constitution Federal government Government from 2006 Presidency Council President (Jalal Talabani) Council of Ministers Prime Minister (Nouri al-Maliki) Council of Representatives Speaker (Mahmoud al-Mashhadani) Iraqi High Tribunal Governorates Districts Regions Political parties Elections Electoral Commission Legislative: Jan 2005 Dec 2005 Constitutional referendum Foreign relations Human rights Minority politics Foreign aid
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e•d Summary of the 30 January 2005 Iraqi legislative election results
Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	Seats	Leaders
United Iraqi Alliance	4,075,292	48.19%	140	Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Hussain al-Shahristani, Ahmed Chalabi
Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan	2,175,551	25.73%	75	Jalal Talabani, Masoud Barzani
Iraqi List	1,168,943	13.82%	40	Iyad Allawi
The Iraqis	150,680	1.78%	5	Ghazi al-Yawer
Iraqi Turkmen Front	93,480	1.11%	3	Farok Abdullah Abdurrahman
National Independent Cadres and Elites	69,938	0.83%	3	Fatah al-Sheikh
People's Union	69,920	0.83%	2	Hamid Majid Mousa
Islamic Group of Kurdistan	60,592	0.72%	2	Ali Abd-al Aziz
Islamic Action Organization In Iraq - Central Command	43,205	0.51%	2
National Democratic Alliance	36,795	0.44%	1
National Rafidain List	36,255	0.43%	1	Yonadem Kana
Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc	30,796	0.36%	1	Mishaan Jibouri
Iraq Assembly of National Unity	23,686	0.28%	0	Dr. Nehro Mohammed
Assembly of Independent Democrats	23,302	0.28%	0	Adnan Pachachi
Iraqi Islamic Party	21,342	0.25%	0	Mohsen Abdel-Hamid
Islamic Dawa Movement	19,373	0.23%	0	Adil Abd Al-Raheem
Iraqi National Gathering	18,862	0.22%	0	Hussein al-Jibouri
Iraqi Republican Assembly	15,452	0.18%	0	Sa'ad Al-Janabi
Constitutional Monarchy - Al-Sharif Ali bin Al-Hussein	13,740	0.16%	0	Sharif Ali bin Al-Hussein
Others	309,062	3.65%	0
Total	8,456,266	100.00	275
Invalid votes	94,305	—

February

February 6: Thailand

Thailand
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej Cabinet of Thailand Parliament Political parties Elections Senate: 2008 House of Representatives: 2007 Constitutions Current Constitution (referendum) Constitutional Court Provinces and districts Human rights South Thailand insurgency Foreign relations Foreign aid
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e•d Summary of the 6 February 2005 House of Representatives of Thailand election results
Parties	%	Seats
Thai Loves Thais Party (Phak Thai Rak Thai)	60.7	375
Democrat Party (Phak Prachatipat)	18.3	96
Thai Nation Party (Phak Chart Thai)	11.4	27
Great People's Party (Phak Machacon)	8.3	2
Phak Khonkhoplodnee (Khonkhoplodnee Party)	0.6	-
New Aspiration Party (Phak Khwam Wang Mai)	0.4	-
Total (turnout 72.% %)		500
Source: Angus Reid, The Nation and Adam Carr's Electoral Archives

February 8: Denmark

Denmark
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Denmark

Constitution The Crown: Margrethe II Council of State Government Former governments Prime Minister (list) Anders Fogh Rasmussen Parliament Speaker: Thor Pedersen Elections: 2001 · 2005 · 2007 Local government Regions Municipalities Former subdivisions Counties Political parties Foreign relations See also Politics of the Faroe Islands Politics of Greenland EU Politics
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e•d Summary of the 8 February 2005 Danish Parliament election results
Parties	Leaders	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Venstre (Liberals) (V)	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	974,657	29.0	52	−4
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	Mogens Lykketoft	867,933	25.9	47	−5
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	Pia Kjærsgaard	444,205	13.2	24	2
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Bendt Bendtsen	345,132	10.3	18	2
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Marianne Jelved	307,132	9.2	17	8
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Holger K. Nielsen	201,162	6.0	11	−1
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	Collective Leadership	111,394	3.4	6	2
Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne) (K)	Marianne Karlsmose	57,836	1.7	0	−4
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (D)	Mimi Jakobsen	33,635	1.0	0	0
Minority Party (Minoritetspartiet) (M)	Rune Engelbreth Larsen	8,883	0.3	0	N/A
Siumut (Forward) (Greenland)	Lars-Emil Johansen	7,775	33.6	1	N/A
Inuit Ataqatigiit (Inuit Community) (Greenland)	Kuupik Kleist	5,785	25.0	1	N/A
Republican Party (Tjóðveldisflokkurin) (Faroe Islands)	Høgni Hoydal	6,301	25.3	1	N/A
People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) (Faroe Islands)	Anfinn Kallsberg	5,997	24.1	1	N/A
Total (Turnout 84.4 %)				179	0

February 20: Portugal

Portugal
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Constitution President Aníbal Cavaco Silva Assembly of the Republic Government Prime Minister José Sócrates Council of Ministers Supreme Court of Justice Constitutional Court Council of State Elections: 2006 - 2005 Political Parties Subdivisions Politics of the European Union Foreign relations
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e•d Summary of the 20 February 2005 Portuguese Assembly of the Republic election results
Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats
Socialist Party	2,588,312	45.0%	+7.2%	121
Social Democratic Party	1,653,425	28.8%	-11.4%	75
Unitarian Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party + Ecologist Party "The Greens")	433,369	7.6%	+0.6%	14
People's Party	416,415	7.3%	-1.5%	12
Left Bloc	364,971	6.4%	+3.7%	8
Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers	48,186	0.8%	-	0
New Democracy	40,358	0.7%	-	0
Humanist Party	17,056	0.3%	-	0
National Renovator Party	9,374	0.2%	-	0
Socialist United Workers' Party	5,535	0.1%	-	0
Democratic Party of the Atlantic	1,618	0.0%	-	0
Blank Ballots	103,537	1.8%	-	-
Invalid Ballots	65,515	1.1%	-	-
Total (Turnout 64,26 %)	5,747,834	-	-	230
Source: Portuguese Electoral Comission) Registered Voters: 8,944,508

February 20: Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Northern Cyprus

Cyprus dispute Annan Plan referendum President (List) Mehmet Ali Talat Prime Minister (List) Ferdi Sabit Soyer Assembly of the Republic Fatma Ekenoğlu (Speaker) Political parties Elections Parliamentary: 2005 Presidential: 2005 Constitution Foreign relations Diplomatic missions See also: Politics of Cyprus
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e•d Summary of the 20 February 2005 Assembly of the Republic of Northern Cyprus election results
Parties	%	Seats
Republican Turkish Party (Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi)	44.5	25
National Unity Party (Ulusal Birlik Partisi)	31.7	16
Democratic Party (Demokrat Partisi)	13.5	5
Peace and Democracy Movement (Barış ve Demokrasi Hareketi)	5.8	1
Communal Liberation Party (Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi)	2.4	-
New Party (Yeni Parti)	1.6	-
Independents		3
Total (turnout 80.8 %)		50
Source: TurkishPress.com. The results include the two new MPs elected during intermediate elections held in 2006-filling two vacancies opened when MPs Mehmet Ali Talat became president and Salih Miroglu passed away.

February 21: Anguilla

Anguilla
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Governor Andrew George Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming House of Assembly Political parties Elections: 2005 Law
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e•d Summary of the 21 February 2005 House of Assembly of Anguilla election results
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Anguilla National Front Anguilla National Alliance Anguilla Democratic Party		38.9	4
Anguilla United Movement		19.4	1
Anguilla Strategic Alliance		19.2	2
Anguilla Progressive Party		9.5	-
Independents		13.0	-
Appointed members	-	-	4
Total (turnout 74.6 %)			11

February 27: Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Republic
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Constitution Tulip Revolution President Kurmanbek Bakiyev Prime Minister Igor Chudinov Supreme Council Political parties Politicians Elections Oblasts Raions Human rights Foreign relations
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