2009 Wasit governorate election

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2009 Wasit Governorate election
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  2005 31 January 2009 (2009-01-31)Next 

All 28 seats for the Wasit Governorate council
 First partySecond party
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Leader Nouri al-Maliki Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Party State of Law Al-Mehraab Martyr List
Last election22
Seats before22
Seats won136
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Increase2.svg4
Popular vote47,83530,712
Percentage15.42%9.90%
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 Third partyFourth party
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Leader Muqtada al-Sadr Ayad Allawi
Party Sadrist Movement INL
Last election310
Seats before310
Seats won33
Seat changeDecrease2.svg28Increase2.svg3
Popular vote18,26114,596
Percentage5.89%4.71%
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Governor of Wasit before election

Latif Hamid Turfa
Sadrist Movement

Subsequent Governor

Lateef Hamad al-Tarfa
Independent

The Wasit governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.

Results

In March, the State of Law Coalition was rumoured to have allied with the Independent Free Movement List and the Iraqi National List. [1]

Summary of the 31 January 2009 Wasit governorate election results
CoalitionAllied national partiesSeats (2005)Seats (2009)ChangeVotesPercentageParty Leader
Shi’ite Political Council
State of Law Coalition
Islamic Dawa Party 413+1547,83515.42% Nouri al-Maliki
Shi’ite Political Council
Al Mihrab Martyr List
Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq 630,7129.90% Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Iraqi Elites Gathering
Independent Free Movement List
Sadrist Movement 313-2818,2615.89% Muqtada al-Sadr
Iraqi National List -3+314,5964.71% Ayad Allawi
Iraqi Constitutional Party -3+312,2353.94% Jawad al-Bulani
Gathering of the Independents in Wasit3--3
Iraqi Communist Party 2--2
Democratic Iraq Gathering1--1
Total4128-13310,194100%
Sources: this article - [2]

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