Election Name: | 2009 Wasit Governorate election |
Country: | Iraq |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | Iraqi governorate elections, 2005#Wasit Governorate |
Previous Year: | 2005 |
Next Election: | 2013 Wasit governorate council election |
Next Year: | Next |
Seats For Election: | All 28 seats for the Wasit Governorate council |
Leader1: | Nouri al-Maliki |
Party1: | State of Law Coalition |
Last Election1: | 2 |
Seats Before1: | 2 |
Seats1: | 13 |
Seat Change1: | 11 |
Popular Vote1: | 47,835 |
Percentage1: | 15.42% |
Colour1: | FF0000 |
Party2: | Al-Mehraab Martyr List |
Last Election2: | 2 |
Seats Before2: | 2 |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Popular Vote2: | 30,712 |
Percentage2: | 9.90% |
Colour2: | 009933 |
Party4: | Sadrist Movement |
Last Election4: | 31 |
Popular Vote4: | 18,261 |
Percentage4: | 5.89% |
Seats Before4: | 31 |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 28 |
Colour4: | 000000 |
Leader5: | Ayad Allawi |
Party5: | Iraqi National List |
Last Election5: | 0 |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 3 |
Popular Vote5: | 14,596 |
Percentage5: | 4.71% |
Colour5: | 00009F |
Governor of Wasit | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Governor |
Before Election: | Latif Hamid Turfa |
Before Party: | Sadrist Movement |
After Election: | Lateef Hamad al-Tarfa |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
The Wasit governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.
In March, the State of Law Coalition was rumoured to have allied with the Independent Free Movement List and the Iraqi National List.[1]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Coalition !! Allied national parties !! Seats (2005) !! Seats (2009) !! Change !!Votes!! Percentage !! Party Leader|-| style="text-align:left;" |Shi’ite Political Council
State of Law Coalition || Islamic Dawa Party || rowspan=2|4 || 13 || rowspan=2|+15 || 47,835 || 15.42% || Nouri al-Maliki|-| style="text-align:left;" |Shi’ite Political Council
Al Mihrab Martyr List || Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq || 6 || 30,712 || 9.90% || Abdul Aziz al-Hakim|-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi Elites Gathering
Independent Free Movement List || Sadrist Movement || 31 || 3 || -28 || 18,261 || 5.89% || Muqtada al-Sadr|-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi National List || || -|| 3 ||+3 || 14,596 || 4.71% || Ayad Allawi|-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi Constitutional Party || || -||3 ||+3 || 12,235 || 3.94% || Jawad al-Bulani|-| style="text-align:left;" |Gathering of the Independents in Wasit || || 3||- ||-3 || || |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi Communist Party || || 2||- ||-2|| || |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Iraq Gathering || || 1||- ||-1|| || |||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Total || 41 || 28 || -13|| 310,194 || 100% |||-|colspan=5|Sources: this article - [2] |}