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Political party in Iraq

Progress Party حزب تقدم

Abbreviation	TAK (unofficial)
Leader	Mohamed Al-Halbousi
Founder	Mohamed Al-Halbousi, Ali Farhan, Yahia Al Mohammadi
Spokesperson	Yahia Al Mohammadi
Founded	1 June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06-01)
Headquarters	Baghdad
Ideology	Nonsectarianism Moderation Reformism
Political position	Big tent
Colours	Orange
Council of Representatives	39 / 329
Website
takadum.org
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The Progress Party (Arabic: حزب تقدم, romanized: Ḥizb Taqadum), also known as the Al-Takadum Movement or by its Arabic short form Takadum (Progress), is an Iraqi political party formed to gain political control in the 2021 general election.

History

The party was founded in 2019 by Mohamed Al Halbousi, the incumbent Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, Ali Farhan,the governor of Anbar, and the politician Yahia Al Mohamadi.

Electoral results

In the 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election, the party won 7.2% of the vote, becoming the second-largest individual party behind the Sadrists.

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2021	637,198	7.20%	37 / 329	New	3rd

References

"التوجهات الدينية – حزب حركة تقدم". takadum (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
"Bylaws, Article 20". Retrieved 18 October 2021.
كنان, غنوة (2021-10-09). "انتخابات العراق.. آمال شبابية وسط تحدي "وعود المرشحين"". صحيفة الرؤية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-10-11.
"من يتنافس في انتخابات العراق؟". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-10-11.
"المفوضية العليا المستقلة للانتخابات - IHEC Website المفوضية العليا المستقلة للانتخابات". IHEC Website. Retrieved 2022-01-09.

v t e Political parties in Iraq
Major political parties	Sadrists (73) Progress Party (37) State of Law Coalition (33) Islamic Dawa Party Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation Kurdistan Democratic Party (31) Fatah Alliance (17) Badr Organization Al-Sadiqoun Bloc Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (17) Azem Alliance (14)
Minor political parties	Emtidad Movement (9) New Generation Movement (9) Ishraqat Kanoon (6) Tasmim Alliance (5) Victory Alliance (4) Kurdistan Justice Group (2) Iraqi Turkmen Front (1)
Reserved Christian seats (5)	Babylon Movement (4) Athra Alliance (1) Assyrian Democratic Movement Assyrian Patriotic Party Beth Nahrin Patriotic Union Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council
Reserved minority seats (3)	Hareth Shanshal Sunaid (1) Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress (1) Council of Free Shabaks (1)
Unrepresented in parliament	The Iraqis
Banned	Hizb ut-Tahrir Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq pan-Arab organization al-Awda Arab Liberation Front
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