2013 Basra governorate election explained

Election Name:2013 Basra Governorate election
Country:Iraq
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2009 Basra governorate election
Previous Year:2009
Next Election:2017 Basra governorate council election
Next Year:2017
Seats For Election:All 35 seats for the Basra Governorate council
Leader1:Nouri al-Maliki
Party1:State of Law Coalition
Seats1:16
Colour1:FF0000
Party3:Al-Mehraab Martyr List
Seats3:6
Colour3:009933
Party4:Sadrist Movement
Seats4:3
Colour4:000000
Governor of Basra
Posttitle:Subsequent Governor
Before Election:Shitagh Abbud
Before Party:State of Law Coalition
After Election:Majid al-Nasrawi
After Party:Al-Mehraab Martyr List

The Basra governorate election of 2013 was held on 20 April 2013 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan, Kirkuk, Anbar, and Nineveh.

Results

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"!align="left" colspan=2 valign=top|Party/Coalition!! Allied national parties !! Leader !!Seats !! Change !!Votes !! % !! ±%|-|bgcolor="#FF0000"||align=left|State of Law Coalition || align=left| Islamic Dawa Party ||Nouri Al-Maliki|| 16 || 4 || 292,658 || 45.17% || 8.18%|-|bgcolor="#009933"||align=left|Citizens Alliance ||align=left|ISCI|| Ammar al-Hakim|| 6 || 1 || 121,875 || 18.81% || 7.22%|-|bgcolor="#000000"||align=left|Liberal Coalition|| align=left|Liberal Bloc
Tribal Forces Coalition
Sadrist Movement ||Dhia Najim al-Asadi || 3 || 1 || 58,312 ||9.00% || 4.04%|-||align=left|Basra Independent Coalition||align=left|Kafaat al-Iraq
National Fidelity
Loyalty to Najaf
ICICSO || || 2 || 2 || 29,384 || 4.54% || 4.54%|-|bgcolor="#FFFF00"||align=left|Gathering of Justice and Unity ||(Iraq)| || al-Faiz || 1 || 1 || 24,513 || 3.78% || 0.38%|-||align=left|Al Barsa’s Civil Alliance ||align=left|Movement for Justice & Development
Democratic Movement
Labour & National Salvation Coalition
People's Party (Iraq)
National Meeting
NDP
Iraqi Communist Party[1] ||Faiq Al Sheikh Ali || 1 || 1 || 17,541 || 2.71% |||-||align=left|Alternative Movement || || || 1 || 1 || 15,643 || 2.41% |||-|bgcolor="#286F42"||align=left|Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation || || || 1 || 1 || 15,493 || 2.39% |||-||align=left|Will of Iraq Movement || || || 1 || 1 || 13,940 || 2.15% |||-|bgcolor="#098DCD"||align=left|Al Iraqia National and United Coalition || || || 1 || 1 || 13,319 || 2.06% |||-|bgcolor="#0D4E76"||align=left|Muttahidoon || || || 1 || 1 || 10,386 || 1.60% |||-|bgcolor="#6398FE"||align=left|National White Bloc || || || || || 8,247 || 1.27% || 1.27%|-||align=left|Al Basra’s People || || || || || 8,246 || 1.27% |||-||align=left|New Dawn Bloc|| || || || || 4,115 || 0.64% |||-||align=left|Iraqi Council for Reform and Change|| || || || || 3,536 || 0.55% |||-|bgcolor="#F6BE22"||align=left|Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List || || || || || 2,568 || 0.40% |||-||align=left|Iraq’s Advocates for State Support || || || || || 1,782 || 0.28% |||-||align=left|Islamic Advocates' Party|| || || || || 1,671 || 0.26% |||-|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"||align=left|Novac Aram Butrosian Abu Mariana||align=left|Independent || || || || 1,165 || 0.18% |||-|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"||align=left|Alaa’ Fawzi Kamel Tutunji||align=left|Independent || || || || 812 || 0.13% |||-|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"||align=left|Doctor Saad Mitri Botros||align=left|Independent || || || || 643 || 0.10% |||-|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"||align=left|Mohammad Al Maryani ||align=left|Independent || || || || 592 || 0.09% |||-||align=left|Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Gathering Coalition|| || || || || 588 || 0.09% |||-|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"||align=left|Legal Advisor Sanaa’ Al Asadi ||align=left|Independent || || || || 565 || 0.09% |||-|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"||align=left|Na’el Ghanem Aziz Hanna||align=left|Independent || || || || 343 || 0.05% |||-|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|colspan=2 align=left|Total || || || 35 || - || 647,937 || 100%|-|colspan=7 align=left|Sources: Musings on Iraq, ISW, IHEC Basra Results, List of political coalition approved for election in provincial councils - IHEC, al-Sumaria - Basra Coalitions

Local government formation

On 13 June 2013 Majid al-Nasrawi of the Citizen's Alliance was elected as the new Governor of Basra. Khalaf Abdul Samad, of the State of Law Coalition, was elected as Chairman of the Basra Provincial Council.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. https://alqary-news.blogspot.com/2013/04/blog-post_1191.html?m=1
  2. News: NINA - Majid Nasrawi elected Governor of Basra . https://archive.today/20130624203302/http://www.ncciraq.org/breaking/item/1074-nina-majid-nasrawi-elected-governor-of-basra . dead . 24 June 2013 . NINA . 13 June 2013 . 22 June 2013 .
  3. News: Breaking News … Basra PC officially nominates Nasrawi as Basra Governor . Ahmed Hussein . Iraqi News . 12 June 2013 . 22 June 2013.