Movement of Social Democrats (3862)

The Movement of Social Democrats (Sosyal Demokratlar Hareketi, SDH) is a center-left political party in Jakania. Traditionally, the party has aligned with the country's Turjak population, rather than the Majatrans, who make up the ethnic majority.

The Movement of Social Democrats was formed in late 3862 by Rauf Cevdet, who was elected its president during its founding convention on 5 November the same year. Cevdet has served as mayor of Mosul since 3852.

Currently, the SDH is represented by 4 representatives in the Supreme Council, the country's legislature.

Presidential elections
The head of state of Jakania is called the Supreme Governor. He or she is directly elected every six years, and is not restricted by term limits. Should no candidate win a majority of votes, the two most successful ones face each other in a runoff, the winner of which becomes Supreme Governor.

Legislative elections
The legislature of Jakania is bicameral, and divided into a lower house – the Supreme Council – and an upper house – the Province Council, occasionally referred to as the Senate. The lower house is elected by proportional representation by the single transferable vote in multi-member districts.

The upper house, on the other hand, is elected by a province-based system. Under this system, each of the five regions is handed 14 seats, making up 70 in total. In each region, the winning party takes 8 of its seats, the second-placed party picks up 4 seats, and the third-placed party receives 2 seats. However, should the winning party capture more than 50% of the vote in a province, they win all 14 seats from that province.

Local elections
Local elections take place every five years, in all 81 districts of Jakania. Of these districts, 20 are categorized as cities. Due to its history as the stronghold of the Movement of Social Democrats, elections results to the city council of Mosul are included below. Elections prior to 3862 list results for the Social Democracy Party of Mosul, which was absorbed into the SDH that year.