BAGHDAD, July 22 (UPI) -- The Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad Tuesday passed a provincial council elections law amid a Kurdish boycott and procedural questions from key lawmakers.

The Kurdistani Alliance bloc in the Iraqi Parliament stormed out of Tuesday's session because Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani decided to hold a closed-door vote on the provision. The measure passed, however, with 127 of the 140 members voicing their support, Voices of Iraq reported.

First Deputy Speaker Khaled al-Attiya also said he had some reservations on the measure, saying he had some apprehension about the way the vote was cast in the Tuesday session.

Kurdish officials had also called for postponing local elections until jurisdictional matters are resolved regarding power sharing agreements among the various ethnic groups.

The election law offers an open system of provincial candidates, allowing voters to vote for an individual candidate rather than a party slate.