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The Muthanna governorate election of 2013 was held on 20 April 2013 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan, Kirkuk, Anbar, and Nineveh.
| Party/Coalition | Allied national parties | Leader | Seats | Change | Votes | |
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| State of Law Coalition | Islamic Dawa Party Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation Badr Organization Islamic Virtue Party National Reform Trend Independent Bloc | Nouri Al-Maliki | 9 |  3 | 76,777 | |
| Citizens Alliance | ISCI | Abdul Aziz al-Hakim | 7 | 2 | 67,203 | |
| Liberal Coalition | Sadrist Movement | 3 | 1 | 31,290 | ||
| Independent Iraqi Qualifications Gathering | 3 | 27,065 | ||||
| Gathering for Al Muthana | 2 | 24,931 | ||||
| Al Muthanna Alliance for Change & Reconstruction | Iraqi Communist Party Democratic Movement NDP | Ghazi Mussa Kathem Abdul Hussein | 2 | 17,561 | ||
| Al Iraqia National and United Coalition | 4,375 | |||||
| Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List | 904 | |||||
| Sons of the City Bloc | 441 | |||||
| Iraqi Front for National Dialogue | 309 | |||||
| Total | 26 | - | 250,856 | |||
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