Wasit governorate election, 2009

Wasit Governorate election, 2009
31 January 2009 (2009-01-31)
All 28 seats for the Wasit Governorate council

  First party Second party
 
Leader Nouri al-Maliki Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Party State of Law Coalition Al-Mehraab Martyr List
Last election 2 2
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 13 6
Seat change Increase11 Increase4
Popular vote 47,835 30,712
Percentage 15.42% 9.90%
Swing Increase Increase
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Muqtada al-Sadr Ayad Allawi
Party Sadrist Movement Iraqi National List
Last election 31 0
Seats before 31 0
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Decrease28 Increase3
Popular vote 18,261 14,596
Percentage 5.89% 4.71%
Swing Decrease Increase
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 Party413+1547,83515.42%Nouri al-Maliki
Shi’ite Political Council
Al Mihrab Martyr List		Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq630,7129.90%Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Iraqi Elites Gathering
Independent Free Movement List		Sadrist Movement313-2818,2615.89%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 Party2--2
Democratic Iraq Gathering1--1
Total4128-13310,194100%
Sources: this article - [2]

References

  1. ↑ New Alliances In Iraq Cross Sectarian Lines, Washington Post, 2009-03-20
  2. ↑ final election results, Niqash, 2009-02-25

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.