The members of the first Iraqi Council of Representatives were elected in December 2005 under the newly adopted constitution.
The main functions of the Council were to: Votes chose between coalition lists, and seats were allocated according to a formula that considered first the proportion of votes received in each governorate and then allocated compensatory national seats to those lists where the governorate seats did not reflect their share of the national vote.
The same is the case if a member dies, resigns, is disqualified or incapacitated or is deemed to have "committed a crime against the constitution" [1] SIIC was previously known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq or SCIRI Note: the Sadrist Movement boycotted the Council of Representatives from 13 June to 17 July 2007 in protest of the 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing[2] Note that the Sadrist Movement quit the United Iraq Alliance in September 2007[3] Note that the Islamic Virtue Party left the United Iraqi Alliance in March 2007.
[4] (Note: The Front boycotted the Council of Representatives from 2007-06-24 in protest at the suspension of the speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and the arrest warrant against Culture Minister As'ad al-Hashimi.
[10]) Note: Six members of the IAF have defected since their election[11] (Note: The Dialogue Front boycotted the Council of Representatives from 24 June to 19 July 2007 in protest at the suspension of the speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and the arrest warrant against Culture Minister As'ad al-Hashimi [8][9][10]) [13]