Election Name: | 2009 Najaf Governorate election |
Country: | Iraq |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | Iraqi governorate elections, 2005#Najaf Governorate |
Previous Year: | 2005 |
Next Election: | 2013 Najaf governorate council election |
Next Year: | Next |
Seats For Election: | All 28 seats for the Najaf Governorate council |
Leader1: | Nouri al-Maliki |
Party1: | State of Law Coalition |
Last Election1: | 0 |
Seats Before1: | 0 |
Seats1: | 7 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 54,907 |
Percentage1: | 16.22% |
Swing1: | 16.22% |
Colour1: | FF0000 |
Party2: | Al-Mehraab Martyr List |
Last Election2: | 19 |
Seats Before2: | 19 |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seat Change2: | 12 |
Popular Vote2: | 50,146 |
Percentage2: | 14.81% |
Swing2: | 22.4% |
Colour2: | 009933 |
Leader4: | Muqtada al-Sadr |
Party4: | Sadrist Movement |
Last Election4: | 0 |
Popular Vote4: | 40,186 |
Percentage4: | 11.87% |
Swing4: | 11.87% |
Seats Before4: | 0 |
Seats4: | 6 |
Seat Change4: | 6 |
Colour4: | 000000 |
Leader5: | Adnan al-Zurufi |
Party5: | Loyalty for Najaf |
Last Election5: | 9 |
Popular Vote5: | 30,219 |
Percentage5: | 8.93% |
Swing5: | 9.12% |
Seats Before5: | 9 |
Seats5: | 4 |
Seat Change5: | 5 |
Colour5: | DDDDDD |
Governor of Najaf | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Governor |
Before Election: | Asad Abu Gilel al-Taie |
Before Party: | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq |
After Election: | Adnan al-Zurufi |
After Party: | Loyalty for Najaf |
The Najaf 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|| – || 7 ||+7 ||54,907|-| style="text-align:left;" |Al Mihrab Martyr List || style="text-align:left;" |ISCI|| style="text-align:left;" |Abdul Aziz al-Hakim|| 19 || 7 || -12 ||50,146|-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent Free Movement List || style="text-align:left;" |Sadrist Movement || style="text-align:left;" |Muqtada al-Sadr || – || 6 || +6 ||40,186|-| style="text-align:left;" |Loyalty for Najaf || || style="text-align:left;" |Adnan al-Zurufi|| 9 || 4 || -5 ||30,219|-| style="text-align:left;" |National Reform Trend || National Reform Trend || style="text-align:left;" |Ibrahim al-Jaafari|| – || 2 || +2 ||23,377|-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent Najaf Union || || || – || 2 || +2 ||12,766|-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi National List || style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi National Accord || || 3 || – || -3 ||6,640|-| style="text-align:left;" |Islamic Virtue Party || style="text-align:left;" |Islamic Vertue Party ||Abdelrahim Al-Husseini || 2 || – || -2 ||5,341|-| style="text-align:left;" |Banner of the Independents || || || 4 || – || -4 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Allegiance Coalition || || || 2 || – || -2 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraq Future Gathering || || || 2 || – || -2 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Other Parties || || || || || || |-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 | Total || || 41 || 28 || -13||338,540|-|colspan=5|Sources: this article – al Sumaria – New York Times -[1] |}