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After the writing of a new constitution and a transfer of power from the U.S. Coalition Provisional Authority the elected government of Iraq is a parliamentary democracy. President Jalal Talabani is head of state and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is head of government.

In addition to the President, there are two Vice Presidents, Adil al-Mahdi and Tariq al-Hashimi making up the Presidency Council.

There is a unicameral Council of Representatives, with 275 members elected by a closed-list, proportional representation system.

Percent of vote by "lists" or electoral slates of parties:

List/slate	Percent of votes	Number of seats
Unified Iraqi Alliance	41%	130 ^[1]
Kurdistan Alliance	22%	53
Tawafuq Front	15%	44
Iraqi National List	8%	25
Iraqi Front for National Dialogue	4%	11
Other	10%	12

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 ==Legislature==
 There is a [[unicameral]] [[Iraqi Council of Representatives|Council of Representatives]], with 275 members elected by a closed-list, proportional representation system.
+Percent of vote by "lists" or electoral slates of parties:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! List/slate
+! Percent of votes
+! Number of seats
+|-
+| [[Unified Iraqi Alliance]]
+| 41%
+| 130 <ref>including the Sadrist bloc with 30 and Fadilah with 15</ref>
+|-
+| [[Kurdistan Alliance]]
+| 22%
+| 53
+|-
+| [[Tawafuq Front]]
+| 15%
+| 44
+|-
+| [[Iraqi National List]]
+| 8%
+| 25
+|-
+| [[Iraqi Front for National Dialogue]]
+| 4%
+| 11
+|-
+| Other
+| 10%
+| 12
+|}