2009 Najaf governorate election explained

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.

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|| – || 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 articleal SumariaNew York Times -[1] |}

Notes and References

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