Iraqi parliamentary election, 2014

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Iraqi parliamentary election, 2014
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  2010 30 April 2014 (2014-04-30) 2018  

All 328 seats to the Council of Representatives
165 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62% [1]
  Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki June 2014 (cropped).jpg Moqtada Sadr (01).jpg Ammar al-Hakim in Iraqi parliamentary election, 2018 02 (cropped).jpg
Leader Nouri al-Maliki Muqtada al-Sadr Ammar al-Hakim
Alliance State of Law Coalition al-Ahrar al-Muwatin
Last election893918
Seats won923429
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg5Increase2.svg11
Popular vote3,141,835917,589982,003
Percentage24.14%7.05%7.55%

  Usama al-Nujayfi at US Department of State (cropped).jpg Ayad Allawi.jpg Masoud Barzani February 2015.jpg
Leader Usama al-Nujayfi Ayad Allawi Masoud Barzani
Alliance Muttahidoon al-Wataniya KDP
Last election92829
Seats won232125
Seat changeIncrease2.svg14Decrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote680,690-1,038,002
Percentage5.23%-

  Barham Salih.jpg Saleh al-Mutlaq 2014 (cropped).jpg Nawshirwan Mustafa (cropped).jpg
Leader Barham Salih Saleh al-Mutlaq Nawshirwan Mustafa
Alliance PUK al-Arabiya Gorran
Last election14168
Seats won21109
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg6Increase2.svg1
Popular vote851,326451,858

2014 Iraqi election map.svg
Colours denote which party won the most votes in every governorate

Prime Minister before election

Nouri al-Maliki
State of Law Coalition

Prime Minister-designate

Haidar al-Abadi
State of Law Coalition

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 April 2014. The elections decided the 328 members of the Council of Representatives who will in turn elect the Iraqi President and Prime Minister.

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.

Council of Representatives of Iraq

The Council of Representatives is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Iraq. It is currently composed of 329 seats and meets in Baghdad inside the Green Zone.

President of Iraq position

The President of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq and "safeguards the commitment to the Constitution and the preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, unity, the security of its territories in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution". The President is elected by the Council of Representatives by a two-thirds majority, and is limited to two four-year terms. The President is responsible for ratifying treaties and laws passed by the Council of Representatives, issues pardons on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, and performs the "duty of the Higher Command of the armed forces for ceremonial and honorary purposes". Since the mid-2000s, the Presidency is primarily a symbolic office, and by convention since 2005, usually held by a Kurdish Iraqi.

Contents

Electoral system

The open list form of party-list proportional representation, using the governorates as the constituencies, is the electoral system used. The counting system has been changed slightly from the largest remainder method to the modified Sainte-Laguë method due to a ruling by the Supreme Court of Iraq that the previous method discriminated against smaller parties. Seven "compensatory" seats that were awarded at the national level to those parties whose national share of the vote wasn't reflected in the seats won at the governorate level have been allocated to individual governorates. Eight seats remain reserved for minority groups at the national level: five for Assyrians and one each for Mandaeans, Yezidis, and Shabaks. [2] [3]

Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This as opposed to closed list, which allows only active members, party officials, or consultants to determine the order of its candidates and gives the general voter no influence at all on the position of the candidates placed on the party list. Additionally, an open list system allows voters to select individuals rather than parties. Different systems give voter different amounts of influence. Voter's choice is usually called preference vote.

Party-list proportional representation family of voting systems

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation (PR) in elections in which multiple candidates are elected through allocations to an electoral list. They can also be used as part of mixed additional member systems.

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.

Seat allocation

Prior to the elections, the parliament decided to expand from 325 to 328. As with the 2010 elections, 8 seats were reserved for ethnic and religious minorities. Unlike previous elections, there were no compensatory seats.

GovernorateSeats 2010Seats 2014Changes
Al Anbar Governorate 1415+1
Babil Governorate 1617+1
Baghdad Governorate 6869+1
Basra Governorate 2425+1
Dahuk Governorate 1011+1
Dhi Qar Governorate 1819+1
Diyala Governorate 1314+1
Erbil Governorate 1415+1
Karbala Governorate 1011+1
Kirkuk Governorate 1212
Maysan Governorate 1010
Al Muthanna Governorate 77
Najaf Governorate 1212
Ninawa Governorate 3131
Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate 1111
Salah ad Din Governorate 1212
As Sulaymaniyah Governorate 1718+1
Wasit Governorate 1111
Compensatory seats70−7
Minorities88
Total325328+3

Campaign

The campaign was expected to focus on competition within the three main religious and ethnic communities: Shi'ite Arabs, Sunni Arabs and Kurds. While under the Constitution of Iraq the head of the largest coalition has the first call to become prime minister, in a precedent set following the 2010 election, a revised coalition can be formed following the election. This reduced the incentive for parties to form broad coalitions prior to the election. So in November 2011, Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission approved 276 political entities to run in the elections, including a number of coalitions. [4]

The Constitution of Iraq is the fundamental law of Iraq. The first constitution came into force in 1925. The current constitution was drafted and approved in 2005.

Prime Minister of Iraq position

The Prime Minister of Iraq is the head of government of Iraq. The Prime Minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament. Under the newly adopted constitution the Prime Minister is the country's active executive authority. Nouri al-Maliki was selected to be Prime Minister on 21 April 2006. On 14 August 2014, al-Maliki agreed to step down as prime minister of Iraq to allow Haider al-Abadi to take his place. On 25 October 2018, Adil Abdul-Mahdi was sworn into office five months after the 2018 elections.

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.

Shi'ite Arabs were split between the Prime Minister's State of Law Coalition, the Sadrist al-Ahrar Bloc, and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq backed al-Muwatin coalition. The former secular, non-sectarian Iraqiya bloc – 2010 the strongest force elected into parliament – had broken apart into Usama al-Nujayfi's Sunni regionalist Muttahidoon coalition, Ayad Allawi's National Coalition al-Wataniya , and Saleh al-Mutlaq's al-Arabiya Coalition. [5] And the two prominent Kurdish parties, Masoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), were joined by a third Kurdish party, the Movement for Change (Gorran) headed by Nawshirwan Mustafa.

State of Law Coalition

The State of Law Coalition also known as Rule of Law Coalition is an Iraqi political coalition formed for the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 by the Prime Minister of Iraq at the time, Nouri al-Maliki, of the Islamic Dawa Party.

The Sadrist Movement is an Iraqi Islamic national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr. The movement draws wide support from across Iraqi society and especially from the Shi'a poor in the country. The most important person in setting the goals and the philosophy of the movement was Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. A prominent preceding influence had also been Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr. The movement is religious and populist. Its goal is a society ordered by a combination of religious laws and tribal customs.

Al-Ahrar Bloc

The Al-Ahrar Bloc is an Iraqi Shia Islamist political coalition formed for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election. It is headed by Dia Najem Abdallah al-Asadi.

Conduct

As members of the security forces voted on Monday 28 April, six different polling stations were hit by suicide bombers, leading to at least 27 deaths. Insurgent group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has threatened violence against Sunni Muslims who vote in the election. [6]

Results

National results

The IHEC confirmed the results on 25 May. The official number of seats is as follows:

  Shiite Arabs
  Kurds
  Sunni Arabs
  Secular
PartyVotes%SeatsPrevious+/–
State of Law Coalition 3,141,83524.149289Increase2.svg3
Sadrist Movements (Muqtada al-Sadr)
Including:
-Al-Ahrar Bloc (28)
-Elite Movement (Nukhab) (3)
-National Partnership Gathering (Sharaka) (3)
917,5897.0534
Al-Muwatin Coalition (Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq) 982,0037.5529
Muttahidoon 680,6905.2323
Al-Wataniya 21
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) 1,038,0029.2525Decrease2.svg4
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) 851,3267.5921
Al-Arabiya Coalition 10
Movement for Change (Gorran) 451,8584.0239Increase2.svg1
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Alliance)
6
National Reform Trend (Tayyar al Islah) / Al Jaafari 6
Diyala is Our Identity 159,6051.425
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) 5 [7]
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) 4
Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) 3
Nineveh National Alliance (allied with Ammar al-Hakim)3
Civil Democratic Alliance 3Increase2.svg3
Loyalty to Al-Anbar3
Iraqi Turkmen Front 2
Iraqi Loyalty Alliance (Al Wafaa al Iraqi)2
Competences and People Gathering (Kafaat wa Jamahir)2
Unity of the Iraqis (Wahdat Abnaa al-Iraq)2
Other coalitions / groups(one seat each)
-National Alliance of Saladin
-National Coalition in Saladin
-Independent Civil Alternative Coalition
-Dignity Alliance (Karama)
-Al-Sadiqoun Bloc
-The Equitable State Movement
-Ad Dawa Iraq Organization
-Solidarity in Iraq (Al Tadamon) Alliance
-Salvation (Khalas) Alliance
-Arab Kirkuk Alliance
10
Reserved Assyrian seats
-National Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) (2)
(Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council) (2)
-Civil Democratic Alliance (Iraqi Communist Party) (1)
5
Reserved Mandaean seat
- Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (1)
7,1941
Reserved Yezidi seat
- Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress (1)
14,9101
Reserved Shabak seat
- Council of Free Shabaks (1)
1
Total11,222,403328325Increase2.svg3
Source: ISW

Results by governorate

Al Anbar Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Muttahidoon (259)81,60821.90%4 Usama al-Nujayfi
Anbar Loyalty Coalition (271)58,99415.83%3 Kassem Mohammad Abed Hamadi
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)49,69813.34%2 Ayad Allawi
Iraq Sons Unity (233)46,62712.51%2 Saadoun al-Dulaimi
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255)34,1939.18%2 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262)23,7576.38%1 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz Alchamri
Khalas Coalition (254)18,2294.89%1 Ali Farhan Hamid
Wisdom Knights Project 59,50415.97%0 Yassin Hadi Badawi Morhei
Loyalty and Labor Movement Cherwan Kamel Sabti Chnin
National Adjustment Movement Kamil al-Dulaimi
Civil Democratic Alliance Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Total372,610100%15
Sources: al-Sumaria - al-Anbar Coalitions, IHEC Al Anbar Results, ISW

Arbil Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (213)354,73547.65%7 Masoud Barzani
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266)168,68822.66%4 Jalal Talabani
Movement for Change (Gorran) (234)104,05913.98%2 Nawshirwan Mustafa
Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) (237)80,49210.81%2 Mohammad Najib Hassan Ali
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement)36,5154.90%0 Yonadam Kanna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Al Wataniya Coalition Ayad Allawi
National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
Kurdistani National Alliance List Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
Kurdistan Islamic Movement (KIM) Orfan Ali Abed Alaziz Mohammad
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) Mohammad Faraj Ahmad Aziz
Iraqi Turkmen Front Archad Rachad Fateh Allah Abed Alrazzak
Total744,489100%15
Sources: al-Sumaria - Arbil Coalitions, IHEC Arbil Results, ISW

Babil Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)230,34630.7%7 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)109,75614.7%3 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)89,57212.0%3 Dia al-Asadi
Competences and People Gathering
(Kafa'at & Jamaheer)
(230)
34,6984.6%1 Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)32,6024.4%1 Ayad Allawi
Equitable State Movement (202)31,9734.3%1 Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205)31,3294.2%1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Iraqi Alternative Coalition 188,89725.21%0 Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Loyalty and Labor Movement Karim Oftan al-Jamili
People of civilization Sadek Hachem Fadel Alfihan al-Maamouri
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
Civil Democratic Alliance Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
Shames Movement Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli
Iraqi Loyalty Coalition Sami Jassem Attiya al-Askari
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Independent Professional Movement Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
White Bloc Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem
Total749,173100%17
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Babil Coalitions, IHEC Babil Results

Baghdad Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)1,074,60938.08%30 Nouri al-Maliki
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)348,20512.34%10 Ayad Allawi
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)236,5478.38%6 Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)192,6916.83%5 Ammar al-Hakim
Muttahidoon (259)155,7195.52%4 Usama al-Nujayfi
Elites Movement (251)116,2684.12%3 Abazer Jassem Houssayn Hammoud
Civil Democratic Alliance (232)112,5633.99%3 Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
National Partnership Gathering (269)73,8422.62%2 Mouhannad Mahdi Kamar Jazei
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262)57,3332.03%2 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255)53,7191.90%1 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
51,2901.82%1 Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205)47,6171.69%1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc (218)36,0261.28%1 Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)
Reserved Mandaean (Sabian) Seat (295)
7,1940.25%1 Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Equitable State Movement 258,2969.15%0 Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn
Comprehensive Rise Gathering Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Openness Bloc Mohammoud Jasem Zboun Ghajari
Shames Movement Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli
Iraqi Loyalty Coalition Sami Jassem Attiya al-Askari
Independent Popular Gathering Fallah Hassan Yassin Youssef
People and competences gathering Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Iraqi advocates for State support Ahmad Rasan Mehna Machkour
Flying flag bloc Sabah Hassan Ghoulam Ahmad
We Work for Iraq Coalition Ali Dari Ali al-Fayyad
New change coalition Naser Hachem Saalab al-Saidi
Iraq List for Sharing and Charity Rouchdi Saayd Kader Mohamad al-Jaf
Independent Glory Bloc Adham Hmadi Ziyab Abed
Independent Professional Movement Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Karama Ahmad Charei Ibrahim Aaboub
United Kurdish Coalition Feryad Mohammad Taki Hassan
Iraqi Alternative Coalition Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
Failis Bloc Issam Naser Hamid al-Saffar
Peace and Well Being Coalition Jamal Mohammad Hassan al-Wakil
Independent Women Movement Asmaa Yassin Mohammad
Independent Solidarity Bloc Mohammad Mohammad Saleh Jawad al-Haydari
Alliance of Loyals to the Nation Wael Abed Allatif Housayn
National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Al Warithoun Bloc Mouhannad Hassan Mohammad Hassan
Tribes gathering of Iraq Nakhwa Fawwaz Dham Halil Ali
Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Independent National Baghdad Bloc Fadel Abbas Chnit Kazem
White Bloc Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
People Loyals List Ghaniy Rached Ouwaych Radi
Al Daii Party Abbas Fadel Hassan Abbas
Youth Movement of Sovereign law State Saad Abed al-Jaber Youssef al-Matlabi
Total2,821,919100%69
Sources: al-Sumaria - Baghdad Coalitions, IHEC Baghdad Results

Basra Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)405,03740.24%12 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)205,01920.37%6 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)87,8568.73%3 Dia al-Asadi
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205)51,0485.07%2 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
45,4754.52%1 Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem
Independent Civil Alternative Coalition (209)41,0904.08%1 Sbayh Habib Yaser Mohsen
Equality and Justice Gathering 171,00816.99%0 Souhayl Daoud Hiyal al-Jazairi
Mohsen Hamid Mohsen Abbas al-Hawi (Independent)
Comprehensive Rise Gathering Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
White Bloc Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
Shames Movement Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli
Iraqi Loyalty Coalition Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
People and Competences Gathering Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
New Change Coalition Naser Hachem Saalab al-Saidi
Independent Professional Movement Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Al Wataniya Coalition Ayad Allawi
Iraqi Alternative Coalition Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
Independent Women Movement Asmaa Yassin Mohammad
Alliance of Loyals to the Nation Wael Abed Allatif Housayn
National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Loyalty and Labor Movement Karim Oftan al-Jamili
Iraq for Development and Construction Ali Taleb Cherhan Karim
Total1,006,533100%25
Sources: al-Sumaria - Basra Coalitions, IHEC Basra Results

Dhi Qar Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)237,55232.58%8 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)110,19615.12%4 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)70,4809.67%2 Dia al-Asadi
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
49,5026.79%2 Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem
National Partnership Gathering (269)37,0915.09%1 Mouhannad Mahdi Kamar Jazei
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205)36,5235.01%1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Solidarity in Iraq (283)26,0133.57%1 Mohammad Mahdi Mohammad Baker Abbas Awad
Comprehensive Rise Gathering 161,67822.18%0 Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
Equitable State Movement Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn
Civil Democratic Alliance Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
White Bloc Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Independent Popular Gathering Fallah Hassan Yassin Youssef
People and Competences Gathering Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Independent Professional Movement Mohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Al Warithoun Bloc Mouhannad Hassan Mohammad Hassan
Islamic Daawa Party Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Al Wataniya Coalition Ayad Allawi
Iraqi Alternative Coalition Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
Alliance of Loyals to the Nation Wael Abed Allatif Housayn
National Euphrates Coalition Romyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National List Ablahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National Alliance Wallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii Entity Khaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' List Chmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular Council Fahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al Nahrayn Kalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama Entity Ano Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons List Rayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent) Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Loyalty and Labor Movement Karim Oftan al-Jamili
National Loyalty Bloc Cherwan Kamel Sabti Chnin
Total729,035100%19
Sources: al-Sumaria - Dhi Qar Coalitions, IHEC Dhi Qar Results

Diyala Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Diyala is Our Identity Coalition (246)159,60528.49%5 Amer Habib Khayzaran
State of Law Coalition (277)105,62218.85%3 Nouri al-Maliki
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)68,56512.24%2 Ayad Allawi
Kurdistani Peace List (258)61,80711.03%2 Chirko Mohammad Saleh Ahmad
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)39,4957.05%1 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)36,0576.44%1 Dia al-Asadi
Other151,94127.12%0
Total560,300100%14
Sources: al-Sumaria - Diyala Coalitions, IHEC Diyala Results

Dohuk Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (213)340,97769.52%8 Masoud Barzani
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) (274)84,46417.22%2 Mohammad Faraj Ahmad Aziz
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266)37,4577.64%1 Jalal Talabani
Other27,5545.62%0
Total490,452100%11
Sources: al-Sumaria - Arbil Coalitions, IHEC Dohuk Results

Karbala Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)212,75347.76%7 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)60,81813.65%2 Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)47,31110.62%1 Ammar al-Hakim
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
29,4946.62%1 Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem
Other95,08221.34%0
Total445,458100%11
Sources: al-Sumaria - Karbala Coalitions, IHEC Karbala Results

Kirkuk Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266)209,96436.79%6 Jalal Talabani
Kirkuk Turkmen Front List (280)71,49212.53%2 Arshad Salihi
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (213)63,07611.05%2 Masoud Barzani
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255)53,7969.43%1 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Kirkuk Arab Coalition (242)38,3286.72%1 Abed Alrahman Monched Assi Ali
Other134,10323.50%0
Total570,759100%12
Sources: al-Sumaria - Kirkuk Coalitions, IHEC Kirkuk Results

Maysan Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)135,68436.39%4 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)99,06626.57%3 Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)56,78615.23%2 Ammar al-Hakim
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205)26,2467.04%1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Other55,05714.77%0
Total372,839100%10
Sources: al-Sumaria - Maysan Coalitions, IHEC Maysan Results

Muthanna Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)148,26351.10%4 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)54,67018.84%2 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)27,8489.60%1 Dia al-Asadi
Other59,35820.46%0
Total290,139100%7
Sources: al-Sumaria - Muthanna Coalitions, IHEC Muthanna Results

Najaf Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)245,21543.90%6 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)82,22314.72%2 Dia al-Asadi
Iraqi Loyalty Coalition (211)67,79612.14%2 Sami Jassem Attiya Al Askari
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)57,69910.33%2 Ammar al-Hakim
Other105,65118.91%0
Total558,584100%12
Sources: al-Sumaria - Najaf Coalitions, IHEC Najaf Results

Nineveh Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Muttahidoon (259)363,93836.84%12 Usama al-Nujayfi
Nineveh Kurdistan Alliance (243)185,80418.81%6 Masoud Barzani
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)116,29211.77%4 Ayad Allawi
National Nineveh Alliance (227)79,0718.00%3 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255)74,6547.56%3 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266)70,1457.10%2 Jalal Talabani
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262)44,0804.46%1 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress
Yezidi Reserved Seat (292)
14,9101.51%1 Amin Farhan Jijo Brim
Shabak Ahrar Council
Shabak Reserved Seat (293)
3,3750.34%1 Houssayn Ali Mohammad Ahmad
Other35,5223.60%0
Total987,791100%31
Sources: al-Sumaria - Nineveh Coalitions, IHEC Nineveh Results

Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)173,14635.73%5 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)49,34810.18%2 Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)45,1499.32%1 Ammar al-Hakim
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
35,4967.32%1 Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem
Competences and People Gathering (Kafa'at & Jamaheer) (230)32,3866.68%1 Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation (261)27,5155.68%1 Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Other121,58425.09%0
Total484,624100%11
Sources: al-Sumaria - Al-Qādisiyyah Coalitions, IHEC Al-Qādisiyyah Results

Saladin Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255)99,49622.57%3 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Muttahidoon (259)79,42518.01%3 Usama al-Nujayfi
Al Wataniya Coalition (239)70,65516.03%2 Ayad Allawi
National Alliance of Saladin (249)46,03910.44%1 Houssayn Ibrahim Saleh al-Chahrastani
Karama (286)36,2888.23%1 Ahmad Charei Ibrahim Aaboub
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262)28,5026.47%1 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
National Coalition in Saladin (222)26,9106.10%1 Diyaa Najem Abdallah Ahmad
Other53,49212.14%0
Total440,807100%12
Sources: al-Sumaria - Saladin Coalitions, IHEC Saladin Results

Sulaymaniyah Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Movement for Change (Gorran) (234)347,79938.94%7 Nawshirwan Mustafa
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266)294,26532.94%6 Jalal Talabani
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (213)93,41010.46%2 Masoud Barzani
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) (274)81,3929.11%2 Mohammad Faraj Ahmad Aziz
Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) (237)57,1026.39%2 Mohammad Najib Hassan Ali
Other19,2582.16%0
Total893,226100%18
Sources: al-Sumaria - Sulaymaniyah Coalitions, IHEC Sulaymaniyah Results

Wasit Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277)173,60835.07%6 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214)77,77415.71%3 Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273)63,23112.77%2 Ammar al-Hakim
Other180,41436.45%0
Total495,027100%11
Sources: al-Sumaria - Wasit Coalitions, IHEC Wasit Results

Candidate votes

#CandidatePartyElection ListGovernorateVotes+/–
1. Nouri al-Maliki Islamic Da'awa Party State of Law Coalition Baghdad 721,782 [8] Increase2.svg
2. Ayad Allawi Iraqi National Accord al-Wataniya Coalition Baghdad 229,709 [8] Decrease2.svg
3. aaram Muhammad Ali Movement for Change Movement for Change (Gorran) List Sulaymaniyah 150,613Increase2.svg
4. Najmiddin Karim Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK List Kirkuk 150,084Increase2.svg
5. Khalaf Abdul al Samad Islamic Da'awa Party State of Law Coalition Basra 126,848Increase2.svg
6. Usama al-Nujayfi al-Hadba Muttahidoon Ninawa 112,551Decrease2.svg
7. Hanan Saeed Mohsen al-Fatlawi State of Law Coalition Babil 90,781 [9] Increase2.svg
8. shirko Mirza Mohammad Amin Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK List Sulaymaniyah 83,663 [10] Increase2.svg
9. Mohammed Ghali Darraji al-Ahrar Coalition Baghdad 78,561 [11] Increase2.svg
10. Ariz Abdullah Ahmed Mahmoud Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK List Arbil 76,380 [12] Increase2.svg

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