 The PUK has 36 branches throughout Iraqi Kurdistan and draws membership from a broad cross-section of Kurdish society.The membership of the PUK, based on statistics compiled in September 1998, stands at 800,280 members and associates.The PUK contested the 1992 elections for the Kurdistan National Assembly, and the party list acquired 423,682 votes of the total of 957,469 valid votes cast - giving the PUK commanding majority in three of Kurdistan Region's four provinces.