The Kurdistan Democratic Party, one of the two major parties in the Iraq Kurdish region, has won the parliamentary elections, the Independent High Electoral Commission announced on Monday. The preliminary results from Sunday’s polls indicate KDP’s main rival,

Residents of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region are going to the polls in long-awaited parliamentary elections under the shadow of ongoing rivalries, economic instability, and unresolved disputes with Baghdad.

IRBIL, Iraq — Residents of Iraq's semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region went to the polls in long-awaited parliamentary elections Sunday under the shadow of ongoing rivalries, economic instability and unresolved disputes with Baghdad.