2014 Iraqi parliamentary election explained

Election Name:2014 Iraqi parliamentary election
Country:Iraq
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:Popular
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2010 Iraqi parliamentary election
Previous Year:2010
Next Election:2018 Iraqi parliamentary election
Next Year:2018
Seats For Election:All 328 seats to the Council of Representatives
165 seats needed for a majority
Votes For Election:22 million
Turnout:62%[1]
Leader1:Nouri al-Maliki
Alliance1:State of Law Coalition
Seats1:92
Seat Change1:3
Popular Vote1:3,141,835
Percentage1:24.14%
Last Election1:89
Colour1:FF0000
Leader2:Muqtada al-Sadr
Alliance2:Al-Ahrar Bloc
Seats2:34
Seat Change2:5
Popular Vote2:917,589
Percentage2:7.05%
Last Election2:39
Colour2:000000
Leader3:Ammar al-Hakim
Alliance3:Al-Muwatin
Seats3:29
Seat Change3:11
Popular Vote3:982,003
Percentage3:7.55%
Last Election3:18
Colour3:009933
Leader4:Usama al-Nujayfi
Alliance4:Muttahidoon
Seats4:23
Seat Change4:14
Popular Vote4:680,690
Percentage4:5.23%
Last Election4:9
Colour4:0D4E76
Leader5:Ayad Allawi
Alliance5:Al-Wataniya
Seats5:21
Seat Change5:7
Popular Vote5:686,017
Percentage5:5.27%
Last Election5:28
Colour5:B5CA7F
Leader6:Masoud Barzani
Alliance6:Kurdistan Democratic Party
Seats6:25
Seat Change6:4
Popular Vote6:1,038,002
Percentage6:7.98%
Last Election6:29
Colour6:FFBB0A
Leader7:Barham Salih
Alliance7:Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Seats7:21
Seat Change7:7
Popular Vote7:851,326
Percentage7:6.07%
Last Election7:14
Colour7:22B14C
Leader8:Saleh al-Mutlaq
Alliance8:Al-Arabiya Coalition
Seats8:10
Seat Change8:6
Popular Vote8:315,858
Percentage8:2.43%
Last Election8:16
Colour8:57888D
Leader9:Nawshirwan Mustafa
Alliance9:Movement for Change
Seats9:9
Seat Change9:1
Popular Vote9:451,858
Percentage9:3.47%
Last Election9:8
Colour9:00009F
Prime Minister
Before Election:Nouri al-Maliki
Before Party:State of Law Coalition
Posttitle:Prime Minister-designate
After Election:Haidar al-Abadi
After Party:State of Law Coalition

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 April 2014. The elections decided the 328 members of the Council of Representatives who will in turn elect the Iraqi president and prime minister.

Electoral system

The open list form of party-list proportional representation, using the governorates as the constituencies, is the electoral system used. The counting system has been changed slightly from the largest remainder method to the modified Sainte-Laguë method due to a ruling by the Supreme Court of Iraq that the previous method discriminated against smaller parties. Seven "compensatory" seats that were awarded at the national level to those parties whose national share of the vote wasn't reflected in the seats won at the governorate level have been allocated to individual governorates. Eight seats remain reserved for minority groups at the national level: five for Assyrians and one each for Mandaeans, Yezidis, and Shabaks.[2] [3]

Seat allocation

Prior to the elections, the parliament decided to expand from 325 to 328. As with the 2010 elections, 8 seats were reserved for ethnic and religious minorities. Unlike previous elections, there were no compensatory seats.

Governorate Seats 2010 Seats 2014 Changes
14 15 +1
16 17 +1
68 69 +1
24 25 +1
10 11 +1
18 19 +1
13 14 +1
14 15 +1
10 11 +1
12 12
10 10
7 7
12 12
31 31
11 11
12 12
17 18 +1
11 11
Compensatory seats 7 0 −7
Minorities 8 8
Total 325 328+3

Campaign

The campaign was expected to focus on competition within the three main religious and ethnic communities: Shi'ite Arabs, Sunni Arabs and Kurds. While under the Constitution of Iraq the head of the largest coalition has the first call to become prime minister, in a precedent set following the 2010 election, a revised coalition can be formed following the election. This reduced the incentive for parties to form broad coalitions prior to the election. So in November 2011, Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission approved 276 political entities to run in the elections, including a number of coalitions.[4]

Shi'ite Arabs were split between the Prime Minister's State of Law Coalition, the Sadrist al-Ahrar Bloc, and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq backed al-Muwatin coalition. The former secular, non-sectarian Iraqiya bloc – 2010 the strongest force elected into parliament – had broken apart into Usama al-Nujayfi's Sunni regionalist Muttahidoon coalition, Ayad Allawi's National Coalition al-Wataniya, and Saleh al-Mutlaq's al-Arabiya Coalition.[5] And the two prominent Kurdish parties, Masoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), were joined by a third Kurdish party, the Movement for Change (Gorran) headed by Nawshirwan Mustafa.

Conduct

As members of the security forces voted on Monday 28 April, six different polling stations were hit by suicide bombers, leading to at least 27 deaths. Insurgent group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has threatened violence against Sunni Muslims who vote in the election.[6]

Results

The IHEC confirmed the results on 25 May.

By governorate

Al Anbar Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Muttahidoon (259) 81,608 21.90% 4 Usama al-Nujayfi
Anbar Loyalty Coalition (271) 58,994 15.83% 3 Kassem Mohammad Abed Hamadi
Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 49,698 13.34% 2 Ayad Allawi
Iraq Sons Unity (233) 46,627 12.51% 2 Saadoun al-Dulaimi
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255) 34,193 9.18% 2 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262) 23,757 6.38% 1 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz Alchamri
Khalas Coalition (254) 18,229 4.89% 1 Ali Farhan Hamid
Wisdom Knights Project59,504 15.97% 0 Yassin Hadi Badawi Morhei
Loyalty and Labor MovementCherwan Kamel Sabti Chnin
National Adjustment MovementKamil al-Dulaimi
Civil Democratic AllianceAli Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
Islamic Daawa PartyAbed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
National Euphrates CoalitionRomyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National ListAblahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National AllianceWallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii EntityKhaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' ListChmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular CouncilFahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al NahraynKalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama EntityAno Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons ListRayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Total372,610100%15
Sources: al-Sumaria - al-Anbar Coalitions, IHEC Al Anbar Results, ISW

Arbil Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (213) 354,735 47.65% 7 Masoud Barzani
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266) 168,688 22.66% 4 Jalal Talabani
Movement for Change (Gorran) (234) 104,059 13.98% 2 Nawshirwan Mustafa
Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) (237) 80,492 10.81% 2 Mohammad Najib Hassan Ali
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) 36,515 4.90% 0 Yonadam Kanna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular CouncilFahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
National Warkaa' ListChmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Abnaa' Al NahraynKalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama EntityAno Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons ListRayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Al Wataniya CoalitionAyad Allawi
National Euphrates CoalitionRomyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National ListAblahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National AllianceWallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Unified Mandaii EntityKhaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
Kurdistani National Alliance ListKhaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
Kurdistan Islamic Movement (KIM)Orfan Ali Abed Alaziz Mohammad
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU)Mohammad Faraj Ahmad Aziz
Iraqi Turkmen FrontArchad Rachad Fateh Allah Abed Alrazzak
Total744,489100%15
Sources: al-Sumaria - Arbil Coalitions, IHEC Arbil Results, ISW

Babil Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 230,346 30.7% 7 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 109,756 14.7% 3Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 89,572 12.0% 3Dia al-Asadi
Competences and People Gathering
(Kafa'at & Jamaheer) (230)
34,698 4.6% 1Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 32,602 4.4% 1 Ayad Allawi
Equitable State Movement (202) 31,973 4.3% 1 Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205) 31,329 4.2% 1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Iraqi Alternative Coalition188,897 25.21% 0 Ahmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
National Euphrates CoalitionRomyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National ListAblahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National AllianceWallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii EntityKhaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' ListChmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular CouncilFahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al NahraynKalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama EntityAno Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons ListRayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Loyalty and Labor MovementKarim Oftan al-Jamili
People of civilizationSadek Hachem Fadel Alfihan al-Maamouri
Al-Sadiqoun BlocAdnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
Civil Democratic AllianceAli Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
Shames MovementAhmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli
Iraqi Loyalty CoalitionSami Jassem Attiya al-Askari
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq)Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Independent Professional MovementMohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Islamic Daawa PartyAbed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
White BlocJamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem
Total749,173100%17
Sources: ISW, al-Sumaria - Babil Coalitions, IHEC Babil Results

Baghdad Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 1,074,609 38.08% 30 Nouri al-Maliki
Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 348,205 12.34% 10 Ayad Allawi
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 236,547 8.38% 6 Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 192,691 6.83% 5 Ammar al-Hakim
Muttahidoon (259) 155,719 5.52% 4 Usama al-Nujayfi
Elites Movement (251) 116,268 4.12% 3 Abazer Jassem Houssayn Hammoud
Civil Democratic Alliance (232) 112,563 3.99% 3 Ali Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
National Partnership Gathering (269) 73,842 2.62% 2 Mouhannad Mahdi Kamar Jazei
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262) 57,333 2.03% 2 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255) 53,719 1.90% 1 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
51,290 1.82% 1 Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205) 47,617 1.69% 1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Al-Sadiqoun Bloc (218) 36,026 1.28% 1 Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)
Reserved Mandaean (Sabian) Seat (295)
7,194 0.25% 1 Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Equitable State Movement258,296 9.15% 0 Kohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn
Comprehensive Rise GatheringFadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Openness BlocMohammoud Jasem Zboun Ghajari
Shames MovementAhmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli
Iraqi Loyalty CoalitionSami Jassem Attiya al-Askari
Independent Popular GatheringFallah Hassan Yassin Youssef
People and competences gatheringHaysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Iraqi advocates for State supportAhmad Rasan Mehna Machkour
Flying flag blocSabah Hassan Ghoulam Ahmad
We Work for Iraq CoalitionAli Dari Ali al-Fayyad
New change coalitionNaser Hachem Saalab al-Saidi
Iraq List for Sharing and CharityRouchdi Saayd Kader Mohamad al-Jaf
Independent Glory BlocAdham Hmadi Ziyab Abed
Independent Professional MovementMohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
KaramaAhmad Charei Ibrahim Aaboub
United Kurdish CoalitionFeryad Mohammad Taki Hassan
Iraqi Alternative CoalitionAhmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
Failis BlocIssam Naser Hamid al-Saffar
Peace and Well Being CoalitionJamal Mohammad Hassan al-Wakil
Independent Women MovementAsmaa Yassin Mohammad
Independent Solidarity BlocMohammad Mohammad Saleh Jawad al-Haydari
Alliance of Loyals to the NationWael Abed Allatif Housayn
National Euphrates CoalitionRomyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National ListAblahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National AllianceWallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii EntityKhaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' ListChmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular CouncilFahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al NahraynKalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama EntityAno Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons ListRayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Al Warithoun BlocMouhannad Hassan Mohammad Hassan
Tribes gathering of Iraq NakhwaFawwaz Dham Halil Ali
Islamic Daawa PartyAbed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Independent National Baghdad BlocFadel Abbas Chnit Kazem
White BlocJamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
People Loyals ListGhaniy Rached Ouwaych Radi
Al Daii PartyAbbas Fadel Hassan Abbas
Youth Movement of Sovereign law StateSaad Abed al-Jaber Youssef al-Matlabi
Total2,821,919100%69
Sources: al-Sumaria - Baghdad Coalitions, IHEC Baghdad Results

Basra Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 405,037 40.24% 12 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 205,019 20.37% 6 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 87,856 8.73% 3 Dia al-Asadi
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205) 51,048 5.07% 2 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
45,475 4.52% 1 Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem
Independent Civil Alternative Coalition (209) 41,090 4.08% 1 Sbayh Habib Yaser Mohsen
Equality and Justice Gathering171,008 16.99% 0 Souhayl Daoud Hiyal al-Jazairi
Mohsen Hamid Mohsen Abbas al-Hawi (Independent)
Comprehensive Rise GatheringFadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Al-Sadiqoun BlocAdnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
White BlocJamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
Shames MovementAhmad Hassan Mohammad Abdallah al-Doujayli
Iraqi Loyalty CoalitionFadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq)Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
People and Competences GatheringHaysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
New Change CoalitionNaser Hachem Saalab al-Saidi
Independent Professional MovementMohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Islamic Daawa PartyAbed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Al Wataniya CoalitionAyad Allawi
Iraqi Alternative CoalitionAhmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
Independent Women MovementAsmaa Yassin Mohammad
Alliance of Loyals to the NationWael Abed Allatif Housayn
National Euphrates CoalitionRomyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National ListAblahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National AllianceWallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii EntityKhaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' ListChmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular CouncilFahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al NahraynKalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama EntityAno Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons ListRayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Loyalty and Labor MovementKarim Oftan al-Jamili
Iraq for Development and ConstructionAli Taleb Cherhan Karim
Total1,006,533100%25
Sources: al-Sumaria - Basra Coalitions, IHEC Basra Results

Dhi Qar Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 237,552 32.58% 8 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 110,196 15.12% 4 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 70,480 9.67% 2 Dia al-Asadi
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
49,502 6.79% 2Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem
National Partnership Gathering (269)37,091 5.09% 1Mouhannad Mahdi Kamar Jazei
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205) 36,523 5.01% 1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Solidarity in Iraq (283) 26,013 3.57% 1Mohammad Mahdi Mohammad Baker Abbas Awad
Comprehensive Rise Gathering161,678 22.18% 0 Fadel Abbas Hassan Jaber al-Bahadli
Al-Sadiqoun BlocAdnan Fihan Moussa Cheri
Equitable State MovementKohtan Abbas Neiman Houssayn
Civil Democratic AllianceAli Kazem Aziz al-Rafei
White BlocJamal Abed Almahdi Ali al-Battikh
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq)Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Independent Popular GatheringFallah Hassan Yassin Youssef
People and Competences GatheringHaysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Independent Professional MovementMohammad Jasem Mohammad Toufan
Al Warithoun BlocMouhannad Hassan Mohammad Hassan
Islamic Daawa PartyAbed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Al Wataniya CoalitionAyad Allawi
Iraqi Alternative CoalitionAhmad Abed Alzahra al-Fetlawi
Alliance of Loyals to the NationWael Abed Allatif Housayn
National Euphrates CoalitionRomyo Hozayran Nisan
Ur National ListAblahd Ifrayem Sawa Hanna
Sorayii National AllianceWallim Khemmo Warda Warda
Al Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) Yonadam Kanna
Unified Mandaii EntityKhaled Hamid Cheltagh Haloub
National Warkaa' ListChmayran Mourawkel Odicho Chlaymouna
Assyrian Chaldean Popular CouncilFahmi Youssef Mansour Morkoss
Abnaa' Al NahraynKalawiz Chaba Jiji Chaba
Shalama EntityAno Jawhar Abed Almasih Eliya
Nouri Sitti Sahar Ani (Independent)
Babylons ListRayane Salem Sadek
Hamed Rouwayd (Independent)
Hareth Shanshal Sunaid al-Harithi (Independent)Hareth Shanshal Sunaid
Loyalty and Labor MovementKarim Oftan al-Jamili
National Loyalty BlocCherwan Kamel Sabti Chnin
Total729,035100%19
Sources: al-Sumaria - Dhi Qar Coalitions, IHEC Dhi Qar Results

Diyala Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Diyala is Our Identity Coalition (246) 159,605 28.49% 5 Amer Habib Khayzaran
State of Law Coalition (277) 105,622 18.85% 3 Nouri al-Maliki
Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 68,565 12.24% 2 Ayad Allawi
Kurdistani Peace List (258) 61,807 11.03% 2Chirko Mohammad Saleh Ahmad
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 39,495 7.05% 1 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 36,057 6.44% 1 Dia al-Asadi
Other 89,14915.91% 0
Total560,300100%14
Sources: al-Sumaria - Diyala Coalitions, IHEC Diyala Results

Dohuk Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (213) 340,977 69.52% 8 Masoud Barzani
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) (274) 84,464 17.22% 2 Mohammad Faraj Ahmad Aziz
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266) 37,457 7.64% 1 Jalal Talabani
Other 27,554 5.62% 0
Total490,452100%11
Sources: al-Sumaria - Arbil Coalitions, IHEC Dohuk Results

Karbala Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 212,753 47.76% 7 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 60,818 13.65% 2 Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 47,311 10.62% 1Ammar al-Hakim
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
29,494 6.62% 1Hachem Abed Alhassan Ali Hachem
Other 95,082 21.34% 0
Total445,458100%11
Sources: al-Sumaria - Karbala Coalitions, IHEC Karbala Results

Kirkuk Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266) 209,964 36.79% 6 Jalal Talabani
Kirkuk Turkmen Front List (280) 71,492 12.53% 2 Arshad Salihi
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (213) 63,076 11.05% 2 Masoud Barzani
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255) 53,796 9.43% 1 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Kirkuk Arab Coalition (242) 38,328 6.72% 1 Abed Alrahman Monched Assi Ali
Other 134,103 23.50% 0
Total570,759100%12
Sources: al-Sumaria - Kirkuk Coalitions, IHEC Kirkuk Results

Maysan Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 135,684 36.39% 4 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 99,066 26.57% 3 Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 56,786 15.23% 2Ammar al-Hakim
National Reform Alliance / Al Jaafari (205) 26,246 7.04% 1 Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Other 55,057 14.77% 0
Total372,839100%10
Sources: al-Sumaria - Maysan Coalitions, IHEC Maysan Results

Muthanna Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 148,263 51.10% 4 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 54,670 18.84% 2 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 27,848 9.60% 1 Dia al-Asadi
Other 59,358 20.46% 0
Total290,139100%7
Sources: al-Sumaria - Muthanna Coalitions, IHEC Muthanna Results

Najaf Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 245,215 43.90% 6 Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 82,223 14.72% 2 Dia al-Asadi
Iraqi Loyalty Coalition (211) 67,796 12.14% 2Sami Jassem Attiya Al Askari
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 57,699 10.33% 2Ammar al-Hakim
Other 105,651 18.91% 0
Total558,584100%12
Sources: al-Sumaria - Najaf Coalitions, IHEC Najaf Results

Nineveh Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Muttahidoon (259) 363,938 36.84% 12 Usama al-Nujayfi
Nineveh Kurdistan Alliance (243) 185,804 18.81% 6 Masoud Barzani
Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 116,292 11.77% 4 Ayad Allawi
National Nineveh Alliance (227) 79,071 8.00% 3 Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255) 74,654 7.56% 3 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266) 70,145 7.10% 2 Jalal Talabani
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262) 44,080 4.46% 1 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress
Yezidi Reserved Seat (292)
14,910 1.51% 1 Amin Farhan Jijo Brim
Shabak Ahrar Council
Shabak Reserved Seat (293)
3,375 0.34% 1 Houssayn Ali Mohammad Ahmad
Other 35,522 3.60% 0
Total987,791100%31
Sources: al-Sumaria - Nineveh Coalitions, IHEC Nineveh Results

Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 173,146 35.73% 5Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 49,348 10.18% 2Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 45,149 9.32% 1Ammar al-Hakim
Islamic Virtue Party
(Al-Fadhila and Independent Elite Coalition)
(219)
35,496 7.32% 1 Hachem Abed al-Hassan Ali Hachem
Competences and People Gathering (Kafa'at & Jamaheer) (230) 32,386 6.68% 1 Haysam Ramadan Abed Ali Harit al-Jabouri
Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation (261) 27,515 5.68% 1 Abed Alkarim Ali Housayn Mahdi
Other 121,584 25.09% 0
Total484,624100%11
Sources: al-Sumaria - Al-Qādisiyyah Coalitions, IHEC Al-Qādisiyyah Results

Saladin Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Al-Arabiya Coalition (255) 99,496 22.57% 3 Saleh al-Mutlaq
Muttahidoon (259) 79,425 18.01% 3 Usama al-Nujayfi
Al Wataniya Coalition (239) 70,655 16.03% 2 Ayad Allawi
National Alliance of Saladin (249) 46,039 10.44% 1 Houssayn Ibrahim Saleh al-Chahrastani
Karama (286) 36,288 8.23% 1 Ahmad Charei Ibrahim Aaboub
Iraq Alliance (Etelaf Al-Iraq) (262) 28,502 6.47% 1 Fadel Jasem Mohammad Aziz al-Chamri
National Coalition in Saladin (222) 26,910 6.10% 1 Diyaa Najem Abdallah Ahmad
Other 53,492 12.14% 0
Total440,807100%12
Sources: al-Sumaria - Saladin Coalitions, IHEC Saladin Results

Sulaymaniyah Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
Movement for Change (Gorran) (234) 347,799 38.94% 7 Nawshirwan Mustafa
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (266) 294,265 32.94% 6 Jalal Talabani
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (213) 93,410 10.46% 2 Masoud Barzani
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) (274) 81,392 9.11% 2 Mohammad Faraj Ahmad Aziz
Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) (237) 57,102 6.39% 1 Mohammad Najib Hassan Ali
Other 19,258 2.16% 0
Total893,226100%18
Sources: al-Sumaria - Sulaymaniyah Coalitions, IHEC Sulaymaniyah Results

Wasit Governorate

PartyTotal votesPercentageSeatsParty Leader
State of Law Coalition (277) 173,608 35.07% 6Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Ahrar Bloc (214) 77,774 15.71% 3Dia al-Asadi
Al-Muwatin Coalition (273) 63,231 12.77% 2Ammar al-Hakim
Other 180,414 36.45% 0
Total495,027100%11
Sources: al-Sumaria - Wasit Coalitions, IHEC Wasit Results

Candidate votes

CandidatePartyElection ListGovernorateVotes+/–
1.Nouri al-MalikiIslamic Da'awa PartyState of Law CoalitionBaghdad721,782[7]
2.Ayad AllawiIraqi National Accordal-Wataniya CoalitionBaghdad229,709
3.aaram Muhammad AliMovement for ChangeMovement for Change (Gorran) ListSulaymaniyah150,613
4.Najmiddin KarimPatriotic Union of KurdistanPUK ListKirkuk150,084
5.Khalaf Abdul al SamadIslamic Da'awa PartyState of Law CoalitionBasra126,848
6.Usama al-Nujayfial-HadbaMuttahidoonNineveh112,551
7.Hanan Saeed Mohsen al-FatlawiState of Law CoalitionBabil90,781[8]
8.shirko Mirza Mohammad AminPatriotic Union of KurdistanPUK ListSulaymaniyah83,663[9]
9.Mohammed Ghali Darrajial-Ahrar CoalitionBaghdad78,561[10]
10.Ariz Abdullah Ahmed MahmoudPatriotic Union of KurdistanPUK ListArbil76,380[11]

Government formation

The first session of the new parliament began on 1 July where all 328 members took oath to carry out their legal tasks and responsibilities devotedly and honestly and preserve the independence and sovereignty of Iraq, and safeguard the interests of its people. The constitution mentions that in the first session, the parliament has to elect a Speaker for the House along with two deputies. This didn't happen as some Kurdish and Sunni Arab MPs boycotted the session causing a lack of quorum since they did not agree on a single candidate. The next session took place on 13 July and brought about a consensus for the post of Speaker after it was announced that Salim al-Jabouri was the candidate.After Salim al-Jabouri was voted as Speaker of the House, the parliament voted for Fuad Masum as president who in turn asked Haider al-Abadi to form a government on 11 August. The government was formed on 8 September 2014 with most parties being part of the new government.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, emerges biggest election winner . 2014-05-19 . . 2014-05-19.
  2. http://gulfanalysis.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/iraq-amends-its-electoral-law-and-is-ready-for-parliamentary-elections-in-april-2014/ Iraq Amends Its Electoral Law and Is Ready for Parliamentary Elections in April 2014
  3. http://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/resources/Iraq%202013.pdf 2013 Report on Iraq
  4. http://gulfanalysis.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/additional-political-entities-are-approved-for-the-iraq-2014-parliamentary-elections/ Additional Political Entities Are Approved for the Iraq 2014 Parliamentary Elections
  5. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/11/iraq-upcoming-elections-cross-sect-alliances-unlikely.html Iraqi elections will be about Maliki
  6. News: Arango. Tim. Militants Pose Threat on Eve of National Elections in Iraq. 2014-04-29. The New York Times. 28 April 2014. Duraid Adnan.
  7. [Independent High Electoral Commission|IHEC]
  8. Web site: توزيع الفائزين 2014.xlsx. 2014-05-19. 2017-11-26. 16 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516221244/http://ihec.iq/ihecftp/ntaij2014/babeel.pdf. dead.
  9. Web site: توزيع الفائزين 2014.xlsx. 2014-05-19. 2017-11-26. 16 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516194340/http://ihec.iq/ihecftp/ntaij2014/sulaemaneya.pdf. dead.
  10. Web site: توزيع الفائزين 2014.xlsx. 2014-05-19. 2017-11-26. 16 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516193243/http://ihec.iq/ihecftp/ntaij2014/baghdad.pdf. dead.
  11. Web site: توزيع الفائزين 2014.xlsx . 2014-05-19. 2017-11-26.