Election Name: | 2009 Maysan Governorate election |
Country: | Iraq |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2005 Maysan governorate election |
Previous Year: | 2005 |
Next Election: | 2013 Maysan governorate election |
Next Year: | 2013 |
Seats For Election: | All 26 seats for the Maysan Governorate council |
Leader1: | Nouri al-Maliki |
Party1: | State of Law Coalition |
Last Election1: | 1 |
Seats Before1: | 1 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 42,214 |
Percentage1: | 18% |
Party2: | Al-Mehraab Martyr List |
Last Election2: | 6 |
Seats Before2: | 6 |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 35,093 |
Percentage2: | 15.97% |
Colour2: | 009933 |
Leader4: | Muqtada al-Sadr |
Party4: | Independent Free Movement |
Last Election4: | 15 |
Popular Vote4: | 35,075 |
Percentage4: | 14.96% |
Seats Before4: | 15 |
Seats4: | 7 |
Seat Change4: | 9 |
Colour4: | 000000 |
Leader5: | Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
Party5: | National Reform Trend |
Last Election5: | 0 |
Popular Vote5: | 20,144 |
Percentage5: | 8.59% |
Swing5: | 8.59% |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 4 |
Seat Change5: | 4 |
Colour5: | FF0000 |
Governor of Maysan | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Governor |
Before Election: | Adil Mahwadar Radi |
Before Party: | Sadrist Movement |
After Election: | Muhammed al-Sudani |
After Party: | State of Law Coalition |
The Maysan governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.
|- 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|| 1 || 8 || +7|| 42,214|-| style="text-align:left;" |Al Mihrab Martyr List || style="text-align:left;" |ISCI|| style="text-align:left;" |Abdul Aziz al-Hakim|| 6 || 7 || +1 || 35,093|-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent Free Movement List || style="text-align:left;" |Sadrist Movement || style="text-align:left;" |Muqtada al-Sadr || 15 || 7 || -8 || 35,075|-| style="text-align:left;" |National Reform Trend || National Reform Trend || style="text-align:left;" |Ibrahim al-Jaafari|| – || 4 || +4 || 20,144|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organization ||IDPIO || style="text-align:left;" | || 5 || – || -5 || |-| style="text-align:left;" |Al-Rida Center for Culture & Guidance || || style="text-align:left;" | || 3 || – ||-3 || |-| style="text-align:left;" |Gathering of the Independent Sons of Maysan || || || 2 || – ||-2 || |-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi Republican Group || || style="text-align:left;" | ||2 || – ||-2 || |-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent National Islamic Congregation || || style="text-align:left;" | || 1 ||- ||-1 || |-| style="text-align:left;" |Maysan Democratic Coalition || || style="text-align:left;" | || 1 || – ||-1 || |-| style="text-align:left;" |Shi’ite Political Council || || style="text-align:left;" | ||1 ||- || -1 || |-| style="text-align:left;" |Other Parties|| || || || || || 101,872|-| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |Total || || 41 || 26 || -15 || 234,398|-| colspan=5 style="text-align:left;" |Sources: this article – Al Sumaria – New York Times -[1] |}