On June 26, according to Jinshi data, it was learned that the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq (Kurdistan) plans to hold parliamentary elections on October 20 this year. On March 3, the chairman of the Ikur District, Barzani, signed a decree to hold the District Council elections on June 10 this year. The Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), one of the two ruling parties in the Ikur District, issued a statement on March 18 that it will not participate in the district council elections originally scheduled for June. The election was not held as scheduled due to political differences among parties. The last parliamentary elections in the Iraqi Kurdistan region were held in 2018.