Iraq held a parliamentary election before December 2005.
After an invasion by the United States and its allies in 2003 , Saddam Hussein 's Ba'ath Party was removed from power and multi-party parliamentary elections were held in 2005 .	parliamentary	Parliamentary system	an invasion	2003 invasion of Iraq	its allies	Multi-National Force  Iraq	Saddam Hussein	Saddam Hussein	parliamentary elections were held in 2005	Iraqi parliamentary election, December 2005
Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on 15 October 2005 , a general election was held on 15 December to elect a permanent 275-member Iraqi Council of Representatives .	ratification	Iraqi constitution ratification vote, 2005	Constitution of Iraq	Constitution of Iraq	Iraqi Council of Representatives	Iraqi Council of Representatives
