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Syria’s Kurds to hold second phase of elections December 1

The next stage of elections will be held in Kurdish-held areas in northern Syria on December 1. 

Over 30 parties and entities will participate in the elections of representatives for local councils, Ibrahim Ibrahim, a spokesperson for the PYD, the dominant party in the Kurdish enclave, told Reuters. 

Nearly 6,000 people have registered to run across the three regions making up the semi-autonomous region, according to local media. 

This is the second of three votes. The first, on September 22 saw 70 percent as voters selected leaders for 3,700 communes. A third election will be held in January to create a Northern Syria Democratic parliament. 

The Kurdish administration wants to establish a federal formula within Syria. Damascus has so far rejected the region.

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