2005 Babil governorate council election

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2005 Babil Governorate election
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30 January 2005 (2005-01-30) 2009  

All 41 seats for the Babil Governorate council
 First partySecond party
  Abdul Aziz al-Hakim 2004-Jan-20.jpg
Leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Muqtada al-Sadr
Party Faithful Iraqis Association Sadrist Movement
Seats won256
Seat changeIncrease2.svg25Increase2.svg6
Popular vote192,64343,226
Percentage39%8.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg39%Increase2.svg8.7%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Leader Nima’a Zghaier Ubais Zuhair Nahi Falh
Party Imam Ali Society Security & Reconstruction
Seats won62
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Increase2.svg2
Popular vote41,60721,055
Percentage8.4%4.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.4%Increase2.svg4.3%

Subsequent Governor

Salim al-Mesalmaoui
ISCI

The Babil Governorate elections resulted in the election of 41 members of the Provincial Council (PC). The results are presented in the following table and the parenthesis indicates the position selected by the PC after their first meetings.

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Results

ListPartiesVotesSeats
Faithful Iraqis Association SCIRI
Badr
192,64325
Al-Rasul Association Sadr Movement 43,2266
Imam Ali Society41,6076
Security & Reconstruction17,2952
Babil Independent Association15,7792
Total494,05441

Composition of council

Political EntityList No.Priority in ListElected Member
Imam Ali Association1141Nima’a Zghaier Ubais
2Mansour Hussien Mdawer
3Suhaila Abass Hamzah
4Salim Helal Juma’a (assassinated in April 2005)
5Nasir Abed el Hafidh
6Ibtisam Mohammed Aziz
Al Rasoul Institution1951Kadhum Majeed Tuman
2Hassan Muhrej Ebady
3Aliya Ali Hussien
4Murtadha Kamil Muhsen
5Nima’a Jasim Hamzah
6Radhuiya Halab Fakhir
Safety and Construction2751Zuhair Nahi Falh
2Qusay Nadi Ali Hamadi
Independent Babil Association3551Salim Kadhum Najie
2Zaid Jawad Muhsen
Iraqi Loyalists Association3101Ahmed Hashim Abass Al Ameery (PC Chairman)
2Mohammed Rahij Abass
3Raghad Musa Abdel Hussien
4Abbaas Fadhil Hamadi
5Ala’a Mohammed Muhaisin
6Maqboula Jawad Tayeh
7Kareem Hameed Kereem
8Abdel Taheem Wadie Umraan
9Raja’a Naji Kadhum
10Salim Salih Mahdi (Babil Governor)
11Ali Hassan Hamza
12Thekra Salih Alwan
13Qassim Hmoud Abed
14Saad Yehya Khudaier
15Hanan Hashim Mattloub
16Mohammed Ali Hussien
17Usama Abdel Hassen Kadhum
18Jinan Kamil Bader
19Ali Farhan Raji
20Khazal Rasheed Kareem
21Ameera Abed Salman
22Ali Kadhum Kshash
23Bassim Ubaies Abed
24Saadiya Najim Abed
25Ali Eisa Hassan

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