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The Diyala Governorate election of 2013 was held on 20 April 2013 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan, Kirkuk, Anbar, and Nineveh.
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The Diyala 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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| Diyala's National Alliance | State of Law Coalition Citizens Alliance Liberal Coalition | Nouri Al-Maliki Ammar al-Hakim Moqtada al-Sadr | 12 |  7 | 170,292 | |
| Iraqi Diyala | Muttahidoon Arabian Al Iraqia | Usama al-Nujayfi Saleh al-Mutlaq | 10 |  5 | 149,535 | |
| Brotherhood and Coexistence Alliance List | KDP PUK | 3 | 4 | 49,415 | ||
| Al Iraqia National and United Coalition | Ayad Allawi | 2 | 1 | 27,670 | ||
| Determined to Build | Mizhir Taha Hamad Mohamed | 1 | 17,935 | |||
| Diyala's New Coalition | Saleh Birsim Khalil Ibrahim | 1 | 13,980 | |||
| Diyala's Loyal Sons' Bloc | Suhad Ismael Abdul Rahim Saleh | 6,053 | ||||
| Iraq's Benevolence and Generosity List | 4,510 | |||||
| Diyala's Will Coalition | Adnan Abdul Karim Abed Ali Omran | 3,846 | ||||
| Iraqi Commission of Independent Civil Society Organizations | Bassel Abdul Wahab Mohammad Hussain | 3,546 | ||||
| New Generation Bloc | Zuhair Nawruz Darwish Mahmud Hassan | 2,963 | ||||
| Arabs' Frontier | Jawad Kathem Hamad Latif | 2,851 | ||||
| Hazem Mustafa Ismael Isa Al Biyati | Independent | 2,393 | ||||
| Free Iraqi Coalition | Zeid Abed Tayeh Abawi | 2,133 | ||||
| The Advocate's Party | Saad Jasem Naser Hussein | 913 | ||||
| Law Advocate Knights' Bloc | 749 | |||||
| National White Bloc | Saad Abdullah Hamud Thamer | 527 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 459,311 | ||||
| Sources: al-Sumaria - Diyala Coalitions, ISW, IHEC | ||||||
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