Election Name: | 2009 Diyala Governorate election |
Country: | Iraq |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | Iraqi governorate elections, 2005#Diyala Governorate |
Previous Year: | 2005 |
Next Election: | 2013 Diyala governorate election |
Next Year: | 2013 |
Seats For Election: | All 29 seats for the Diyala Governorate council |
Party1: | Iraqi Accord Front |
Last Election1: | 14 |
Seats Before1: | 14 |
Seats1: | 9 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Popular Vote1: | 91,135 |
Percentage1: | 21.2% |
Swing1: | 18.9% |
Colour1: | F47C20 |
Party2: | Iraqi National Dialogue Front |
Last Election2: | 0 |
Seats Before2: | 0 |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 66,309 |
Percentage2: | 15.4% |
Swing2: | 15.4% |
Colour2: | 00009F |
Party4: | Kurdistani List |
Last Election4: | 7 |
Popular Vote4: | 62,219 |
Percentage4: | 14.5% |
Swing4: | 0.12% |
Seats Before4: | 7 |
Seats4: | 6 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Colour4: | CCFF33 |
Leader5: | Ayad Allawi |
Party5: | Iraqi National List |
Last Election5: | 0 |
Popular Vote5: | 42,650 |
Percentage5: | 9.9% |
Swing5: | 9.9% |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 3 |
Colour5: | 098DCD |
Governor of Diyala | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Governor |
Before Election: | Raad Hameed al-Mula al-Tamimi |
Before Party: | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq |
After Election: | Abdulnasir al-Muntasirbillah |
After Party: | Iraqi Accord Front |
The Diyala governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.
A Sunni Arab candidate from the National Reform Trend was killed near the disputed town of Mandali.[1]
Immediately after the election, the Iraqi National List and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front claimed victory in Diyala.[2] The final results saw them both winning seats, but no part having an overall majority.
A month after the vote, 2000 supporters of ISCI protested at the results, saying internally displaced refugee supporters had been unable to vote, and a large number of their supporters had turned up to vote to find their names were not on the electoral roll.[3]
In March, the INDF said they would form an alliance with the State of Law Coalition and the Iraqi Islamic Party allied with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.[4]