**Iraqi Kurdistan’s two-party ruling alliance has won 57% of the vote in parliamentary elections, preliminary results show.**Masood Barzani was re-elected president of the autonomous region with 69.6% of the presidential vote.
The reformist Change movement won 23% in Saturday’s elections, the official results show.
Analysts say the Change coalition put up stronger opposition than had been expected.
The election came at a time of high tension between regional groups in the Iraqi parliament over control of oil and land.
The winning coalition partners are the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
President Barzani, who heads the KDP, said he hoped the elections would be a “first step to solving issues with Baghdad”.
The PUK is led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.