Iraqi governorate elections, 2013

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Iraqi governorate elections, 2013

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447 seats comprising 14 of the 18 governorates of Iraq

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Leader Nouri al-Maliki Ammar al-Hakim Muqtada al-Sadr
Party State of Law Coalition Muwatin Coalition Sadrist Movement
Last election1265243
Seats won1026560
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Provinces holding election are Green; al-Anbar & Nineveh (red), Kirkuk (blue) and Iraqi Kurdistan (dark red) postponed their elections. 2013 Iraqi governorate election status.svg
Provinces holding election are Green; al-Anbar & Nineveh (red), Kirkuk (blue) and Iraqi Kurdistan (dark red) postponed their elections.
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Governorate or provincial elections were held in Iraq on 20 April 2013, to replace the local councils in the governorates of Iraq that were elected in the Iraqi governorate elections of 2009. [1] Elections took place in 12 of Iraq's 18 governorates. Elections didn't take place in the 3 governorates forming the Kurdistan Region [2] [3] or Kirkuk, Anbar, or Ninevah, meaning that a total of 378 provincial council seats were up for election. [4] [5]

Iraq Republic in Western Asia

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west. The capital, and largest city, is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Yazidis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians and Kawliya. Around 95% of the country's 37 million citizens are Muslims, with Christianity, Yarsan, Yezidism and Mandeanism also present. The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish.

Governorates of Iraq administrative territorial entity of Iraq

Iraq presently consists of 19 governorates, also known as "provinces". As per the Iraqi constitution, three or more governorates can join to form an autonomous region. Baghdad and Basra are the oldest standing administrative regions of Iraq while In 2014 the decision was made to create the Halabja Governorate out of the Halabja District of Sulaymaniyah Governorate.

Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi part of Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan, officially called the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by the Iraqi constitution, is an autonomous region located in northern Iraq. It is also referred to as Southern Kurdistan, as Kurds generally consider it to be one of the four parts of Greater Kurdistan, which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, and northwestern Iran.

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The Iraqi government later decided on 19 March to delay the elections in the governorates of Anbar and Nineveh due to ongoing instability caused by the insurgency and the ongoing protests, [6] [7] prompting criticism from Muqtada al-Sadr [8] and John Kerry. [9] Elections for Anbar and Nineveh were held on 20 June. [10]

Al Anbar Governorate Governorate in Iraq

Al Anbar Governorate, or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The provincial capital is Ramadi; other important cities include Fallujah and Haditha.

2012–13 Iraqi protests

The 2012–13 Iraqi protests started on 21 December 2012 following a raid on the home of Sunni Finance Minister Rafi al-Issawi and the arrest of 10 of his bodyguards. Beginning in Fallujah, the protests afterwards spread throughout Sunni Arab parts of Iraq. The protests centered on the issue of the alleged sectarianism of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Pro-Maliki protests also took place throughout central and southern Iraq, where there is a Shia Arab majority. In April 2013, sectarian violence escalated after the 2013 Hawija clashes. The aggressive protests continued throughout 2013, and in December Maliki used security forces to forcefully close down the main protest camp, in Ramadi. Sunni groups, such as the Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order, took up arms in response, and joined forces with the General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries (GMCIR), a militant group made up of former Ba'athists, to conduct a military campaign against the Iraqi government. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) would later grow out of this civil conflict.

Muqtada al-Sadr Iraqi politician

Muqtada al-Sadr is an Iraqi Shia cleric, politician and militia leader. He is descended from the Hashimites. He is the leader of the Sadrist Movement and the leader of Saraya al-Salam, a Shia militia that is a reformation of the previous militia he led during the American occupation of Iraq, the Mahdi Army.

Electoral Law

There have been several disputes about the electoral law that is to be used for the election. The current electoral law, which was also used in the 2009 election, states that if certain parties don't get enough votes, their votes and seats are given to the larger parties. In the 2009 election this led to many smaller parties failing to take any seats. Because of the disproportionate affect this law had on smaller parties, the Supreme Court of Iraq declared the law unconstitutional, as it restricted democracy. [11]

In spite of this ruling, and mostly due to the fact that because the law benefits the largest parties they have little incentive to change it, the law has yet to be changed. If not changed, the unconstitutional nature of the law however would make the 2013 election results vulnerable to a legal challenge. [12] As a result, although this does not currently effect the work of the Independent High Electoral Commission, IHEC has been calling on the Iraqi government to pass changes to the law. [4]

The Independent High Electoral Commission is Iraq's electoral commission. The electoral commission is headed by a nine-member board. Seven of those members are voting and must be Iraqi citizens. The other two members are the Chief Electoral Officer and an outside expert appointed by the United Nations.

In response to this, on 13 December 2012 the Iraqi parliament voted to adopt the Sainte-Laguë method as the new electoral method. [13]

Participants

Parties and candidates wishing to stand for election had to register by the deadline of 25 November 2012. By the time of the deadline 243 entities, including 16 independent candidates, had registered, with some of the entities registering to participate for the first time. [4] As a result of the large number of applications submitted for the registration of political coalitions for the election, IHEC decided to extend the deadline for submissions from the 13th to the 18th of December. [14]

One of the biggest changes to the political coalitions taking part is the fact that the State of Law Coalition has expanded from its traditional supporters, with former opponents such as the Badr Organization, the National Reform Trend, the Islamic Virtue Party, and the secular Shiite White Iraqiya Bloc all joining the coalition for the election. Despite the massive size of the coalition, it is exclusively Shiite. [15] [16]

According to IHEC, a total of 8,224 candidates registered to run in the elections, including 131 candidates who have since been barred by IHEC from running due to their ties to the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. [17]

Preliminary results

According to preliminary results from the 12 governorates were elections were held, Nouri al-Maliki's expanded State of Law Coalition would come in first place with 115 seats, second would come ISCI with 80 seats and Sadr Movement would win 50. [18]

With 87-90% of the vote counted, the results were as following: [18]

Province Maliki Hakim Sadr Allawi Nujayfi Mutlaq Kurds Pan-Shi'aLocal
Basra 46.3%19.6%9.6%2.0%1.6%5%
Maysan 32.4%22.9%33.1%
Dhi Qar 32.4%23.0%15.3%9.5%
Muthanna 30.2%26.0%12.5%10.7%
Qadisiyyah 29.6%17.1%13.4%8.3%
Babil 20.5%20.8%9.3%4.4%12.4%
Najaf 14.4%15.4%8.5%22.1%
Karbala 23.1%9.1%12.2%9.4%
Wasit 26.3%24.2%17.7%8.3%
Baghdad 37.1%10.4%7.7%5.0%12.3%4.9%
Saladin ---6.5%12.0%3.2%2.5%6.1%12.6%
Diyala ---4.5%3.1%11.8%24.8%
Source: Al Monitor,

Results

Total Seats

PartyTotal VotesPercentageTotal seatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition 1,890,56726.21%102 Nouri al-Maliki
Citizens Alliance 943,64613.08%66 Ammar al-Hakim
Liberal Coalition 653,7639.06%60 Muqtada al-Sadr
Muttahidoon 518,9687.19%35 Atheel al-Nujaifi
Arabian Al Iraqia 18 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Kurdistan List 255,3623.54%17 Barham Salih
Al Iraqia National and United Coalition 298,1984.13%16 Ayad Allawi
Loyalty to Najaf 118,3101.64%9 Adnan al-Zurufi
Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organization 7 Hashim Al-Mosawy
Iraqi People’s Coalition 8
Hope of Rafidain 3
Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List 65,6340.91%3Dr Rushdi Said
Iraqi Communist Party 2 Hamid Majid Mousa
National White Bloc 44,7650.62%2 Hassan Alawi
Other Parties99-
Total7,214,146100%447-
Source: ISW, Gulf Analysis, IHEC, Musings on Iraq

Al Anbar Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Muttahidoon 115,60527.89%8 Usama al-Nujayfi
Aabiroun Coalition 62,58115.10%5 Qasim Al-Fahdawi
Arabian Al Iraqia 57,33213.83%4 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Al Iraqia National and United Coalition 39,5009.53%3 Ayad Allawi
Al Anbar United Coalition 35,2148.49%3 Kamil al-Dulaymi
National Cooperation Coalition 32,7187.89%2Ali Farhan
People’s Will Project 25,2106.08%2Sheikh Mohamad Daham Al Farhan
Iraq’s Affluents 10,7852.60%1Sheikh Jamal Al Jadaan
Amiroun Coalition 9,2202.22%1Ahmad Raja
Valiants of Iraq Bloc 8,9322.15%1Sheikh Majed Ali Al Sulayman
Other parties17,4574.21%-
Total414,554100%30
Sources: al-Sumaria - al-Anbar Coalitions, IHEC

Babil Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition 142,56825.98%8 Nouri al-Maliki
Citizens Alliance 115,18820.99%7 Ammar al-Hakim
Independent Iraqi Qualifications Gathering 69,08712.59%4 Hamed Ahmad Aboud Radi
Liberal Coalition 51,8699.45%4 Muqtada al-Sadr
Babil Civil Alliance 30,5785.57%2 Akil Jaber Hamza Saleh
Al Iraqia National and United Coalition 24,2274.42%1
Iraq’s National Coalition 20,7553.78%1
Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organization 19,5273.56%1 Hashim Al-Mosawy
National Partnership Gathering 18,5653.38%1 Mohamed Fadel Obeid Omran
Al Amin Coalition 16,8653.07%1
Iraqia Babel 12,7542.32%1 Usama al-Nujayfi
Saleh al-Mutlaq
Other parties26,6884.86%-
Total548,671100%31
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Babil Coalitions, IHEC Babil Results

Baghdad Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition 569,17836.31%20 Nouri al-Maliki
Muttahidoon 183,71611.72%7 Usama al-Nujayfi
Citizens Alliance 163,02210.40%6 Ammar al-Hakim
Liberal Coalition 137,8088.79%4 Muqtada al-Sadr
Al Iraqia National and United Coalition 80,0665.12%3 Ayad Allawi
National Independent Elite Movement 78,4295.00%3
Arabian Al Iraqia 70,6444.51%3 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Citizenship State Bloc 48,6053.10%2
National Partnership Gathering 31,8892.03%1
Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organization 24,3391.55%1 Hashim Al-Mosawy
Iraqi Justice and Democracy Alliance 23,3881.49%1
Free Iraqi Coalition 15,9571.02%1
Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List 15,1620.97%1Dr Rushdi Said
Feylis Kurds Brotherhood List
Kurdish Minority seat		8,6750.55%1
Baghdad Turkmen list
Turkmen Minority seat		1,9470.12%1
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Gathering Coalition
Assyrian Minority seat		1,5130.10%1
Raed Jabar Saleh
Sabean Minority seat		7810.05%1-
Other parties112,5807.18%-
Total1,567,699100%58
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Baghdad Coalitions, IHEC Baghdad Results

Basra Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition 292,65845.17%16 Nouri al-Maliki
Citizens Alliance 121,87518.81%6 Ammar al-Hakim
Liberal Coalition 58,3129.00%3 Muqtada al-Sadr
Basra Independent Coalition 29,3844.54%2
Gathering of Justice and Unity 24,5133.78%1al-Faiz
Al Barsa’s Civil Alliance 17,5412.71%1
Alternative Movement 15,6432.41%1
Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organization 15,4932.39%1 Hashim Al-Mosawy
Will of Iraq Movement 13,9402.15%1
Al Iraqia National and United Coalition 13,3192.06%1 Ayad Allawi
Muttahidoon 10,3861.60%1 Usama al-Nujayfi
Other parties34,8735.38%-
Total647,937100%35
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Basra Coalitions, IHEC Basra Results

Dhi Qar Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition 176,86110 Nouri al-Maliki
Citizens Alliance 122,0887 Ammar al-Hakim
Liberal Coalition 81,3387 Muqtada al-Sadr
Solidarity with Iraq 50,3633Talib Qathem Abdul Karim Al Hassan
National Loyalty Bloc 43,3693Habib Nour Mahdi Nehme
National Partnership Gathering 26,6702Hamid naim Khudayr Abdullah
Civil Democratic Coalition 17,9061Shahid Ahmad Hassan Mohamed
Other parties-
Total100%31
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Dhi Qar Coalitions, IHEC Dhi Qar Results

Diyala Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Diyala’s National Alliance 170,29237.08%12 Nouri al-Maliki
Iraqi Diyala149,53532.56%10
Feylis Kurds Brotherhood List 49,41510.76%3
Al Iraqia National and United Coalition 27,6706.02%2 Ayad Allawi
Determined to Build17,9353.90%1
Diyala’s New Coalition13,9803.04%1
Other parties30,4846.64%-
Total459,311100%29
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Diyala Coalitions, IHEC Diyala Results

Karbala Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition 84,4477 Nouri al-Maliki
Liberal Coalition 43,9454 Muqtada al-Sadr
Al Liwa 33,6143
Citizens Alliance 33,3623 Ammar al-Hakim
Hope for the Mesopotamia 32,5273
Equitable State Movement 32,4543
National Moderation Front 18,5012
Iraq’s Advocates for State Support 13,1021
Iraqi Justice and Democracy Alliance 8,5591
Other parties2
Total100%27
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Karbala Coalitions, IHEC Karbala Results

Maysan Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Liberal Coalition 89,90633.01%9 Muqtada al-Sadr
State of Law Coalition 77,91728.61%8 Nouri al-Maliki
Citizens Alliance 63,06023.15%6 Ammar al-Hakim
Honesty and Generosity 11,6054.26%1Sajed Abdul Wahed Karim Said
National Partnership Gathering 10,7713.95%1Jasem Saheb Obeid Sadkhan
National Flag Gathering 9,8143.60%1Naser Hussein Jabbar Ghadib
Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organization 5,6152.06%1 Hashim Al-Mosawy
Other parties3,6651.35%-
Total272,353100%27
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Maysan Coalitions, IHEC Maysan Results

Muthanna Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition 76,77730.61%9 Nouri al-Maliki
Citizens Alliance 67,20326.79%7 Ammar al-Hakim
Liberal Coalition 31,29012.47%3 Muqtada al-Sadr
Independent Iraqi Qualifications Gathering 27,06510.79%3Adel Nazek Abdul Saheb Ali
Gathering for Al Muthana 24,9319.94%2Mohamd Radi Sultan Ashlukh
Al Muthanna Alliance for Change & Reconstruction 17,5617.00%2Ghazi Mussa Kathem Abdul Hussein
Other parties6,0292.40%-
Total250,856100%26
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Muthanna Coalitions, IHEC Muthanna Results

Najaf Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Loyalty to Najaf 118,31029.33%9 Adnan al-Zurufi
Citizens Alliance 82,02020.34%6 Ammar al-Hakim
State of Law Coalition 76,51918.97%5 Nouri al-Maliki
Liberal Coalition 45,16711.20%4 Muqtada al-Sadr
Equitable State Movement 25,8896.42%2
Najaf Province’s Change Coalition 14,4643.59%1
National Partnership Gathering 14,3143.55%1
Renaissance and Building Gathering 8,5212.11%1
Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organization 7,5711.88%1 Hashim Al-Mosawy
Other parties10,5462.61%-
Total403,321100%29
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Najaf Coalitions, IHEC Najaf Results

Ninawa Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Brotherhood and Coexistence Alliance List 173,68729.87%11
Muttahidoon 129,55622.28%8 Usama al-Nujayfi
Loyalty to Nineveh List 66,51711.44%4 Saleh al-Mutlaq
United Nineveh 45,9717.91%3Sheikh Abdullah al-Yawer
Iraqi Construction and Justice Gathering 39,1263Deldar Zebari
Al Iraqia National and United Coalition 31,2762 Ayad Allawi
Nineveh’s Bravery Coalition 23,3611
Nineveh’s National Alliance 22,7341
Oum Rabih Tribes’ National Gathering 21,3491Hassan Khulayf
Al Shabak Freemen Council 12,6891
Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress 10,3971
Iraqi People’s Coalition 8,6331
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Gathering Coalition 8,6351
Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List 8,0761Dr Rushdi Said
Other parties
Total581,449100%39
Sources: al-Sumaria - Nineveh Coalitions, IHEC

Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition 114,6978 Nouri al-Maliki
Citizens Alliance 66,6915 Ammar al-Hakim
Liberal Coalition 50,5444 Muqtada al-Sadr
Al Diwaniyah People’s Independent Coalition49,8314Jaafar Mussa Zaalan Hachem
National White Bloc 33,0922Khudayr Sharif Khudayr Razam
Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organization 29,5172 Hashim Al-Mosawy
Loyalty to Iraq Coalition11,2071Baqer Ali Shaalan Salman
Al Diwaniyah’s Civil Alliance9,4721Ali Fawzi Zaydan Kitn
Equitable State Movement8,1411Ghanem Mekled Jalub Aziz
Other parties
Total100%28
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Al-Qādisiyyah Coalitions, IHEC Al-Qādisiyyah Results

Salah ad Din Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Iraqi People’s Coalition95,3387 Ahmed al-Juburi
Muttahidoon 79,7055 Usama al-Nujayfi
Iraq’s Authenticity Coalition66,5495
Al Iraqia National and United Coalition 46,2873 Ayad Allawi
Salahuddine National Alliance39,4473
Equality Front27,654
Arabian Al Iraqia 24,1672 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Salahuddine Unified Coalition23,4972Mukhlaf Audi Sueid Mukhlaf
Brotherhood and Coexistence Alliance List 21,3731Mohamed Chehab Mohamed Samin
Salahuddine Turkmen’s list18,3951Ali Hachem Nuri Hassan
Other parties
Total100%29
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Salah ad Din Coalitions, IHEC Salah ad Din Results

Wasit Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition 96,66427.22%7 Nouri al-Maliki
Citizens Alliance 86,40324.33%7 Ammar al-Hakim
Liberal Coalition 63,58417.91%5 Muqtada al-Sadr
Loyal Hands’ Gathering29,9698.44%2
Social Justice State28,4468.01%2
Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List13,6783.85%1Dr Rushdi Said
Al Iraqia National and United Coalition 13,0553.68%1 Ayad Allawi
Equitable State Movement8,4472.38%1
Civil Democratic Alliance in Waset8,4202.37%1
Feylis Kurds Brotherhood List 2,2120.62%1
Other parties4,1811.18%
Total355,059100%28
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Wasit Coalitions, IHEC Wasit Results

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