2009 Al Muthanna governorate election explained

Election Name:2009 Muthanna Governorate election
Country:Iraq
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Iraqi governorate elections, 2005#Muthanna Governorate
Previous Year:2005
Next Election:2013 Muthanna governorate council election
Next Year:Next
Seats For Election:All 26 seats for the Muthanna Governorate council
Leader1:Nouri al-Maliki
Party1:State of Law Coalition
Last Election1:4
Seats Before1:4
Seats1:5
Seat Change1:1
Popular Vote1:22,627
Percentage1:10.89%
Swing1:3.18%
Colour1:FF0000
Party2:Al-Mehraab Martyr List
Last Election2:8
Seats Before2:8
Seats2:5
Seat Change2:3
Popular Vote2:19,448
Percentage2:9.36%
Swing2:4.45%
Colour2:009933
Party4:Al-Jmour
Last Election4:0
Popular Vote4:14,520
Percentage4:6.99%
Swing4:6.99%
Seats Before4:0
Seats4:3
Seat Change4:93
Leader5:Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Party5:National Reform Trend
Last Election5:0
Popular Vote5:12,878
Percentage5:6.20%
Swing5:6.20%
Seats Before5:0
Seats5:4
Seat Change5:4
Colour5:FF0000
Governor of Muthanna
Posttitle:Subsequent Governor
Before Election:Ahmad Marzouq Salal
Before Party:Islamic Dawa Party
After Election:Ibrahim Salman al-Mayali
After Party:Al-Mehraab Martyr List

The Al Muthanna governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.

Results

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Coalition 2005/2009!! Allied national parties !! Leader !!Seats (2005) !! Seats (2009) !! Change !!Votes|-| style="text-align:left;" |State of Law Coalition || style="text-align:left;" | Islamic Dawa Party || style="text-align:left;" |Nouri Al-Maliki|| 4 || 5 ||+1 ||22,627|-| style="text-align:left;" |Al Mihrab Martyr List || style="text-align:left;" |ISCI|| style="text-align:left;" |Abdul Aziz al-Hakim|| 8 || 5 || -3 || 19,448|-| style="text-align:left;" |Al-Jmour || || || – || 3 || +3 ||14,520|-| style="text-align:left;" |National Reform Trend || National Reform Trend || style="text-align:left;" |Ibrahim al-Jaafari|| – || 3 || +3 ||12,878|-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent Free Movement List || style="text-align:left;" |Sadrist Movement || style="text-align:left;" |Muqtada al-Sadr || – || 2 || +2 || 11,436|-| style="text-align:left;" |Gathering for Muthana || || || 4 || 2 || -2 ||10,867|-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent National List|| || || – || 2 || +2 ||9,854|-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent Iraqi Skills Gathering || || || – || 2 || +2 ||8,941|-| style="text-align:left;" |Middle Euphrates Gathering || || || – || 2 || +2 ||8,322|-| style="text-align:left;" |Islamic Virtue Party || style="text-align:left;" |Islamic Vertue Party ||Abdelrahim Al-Husseini || 6 || – || -6 ||7,500|-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi National List || style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi National Accord || || 3 || – || -3 ||6,897|-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi Communist Party || style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi Communist Party || || 2 || – || -2 ||2,517|-| style="text-align:left;" |Al-Furat Al-Aswat Assembly || || || 6 || – || -6 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Islamic Independence Society || || || 5 || – || -5 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Allegiance Coalition || || || 3 || – || -3 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Other Parties || || || || || || 71,936|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 | Total || || 41 || 26 || -15||207,752|-|colspan=5|Sources: this articleal SumariaNew York Times -[1] |}

Notes and References

  1. http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=75&id=2395&lang=0 final election results