Unity Alliance of Iraq explained

Country:Iraq
Unity Alliance of Iraq
Colorcode:Black
Leader:Nauaf Saud Zaid
Seats1 Title:Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:

The Unity Alliance of Iraq (Arabic: ائتلاف وحدة العراق I’itilaf Wehdat al-Iraq) commonly known as Iraq's Unity, Iraqi Unity or Wassat is an Iraqi political coalition formed to contest the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election. The coalition was formed by Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the head of the Awakening movement, a Sunni tribal militia which was successful in significantly reducing the insurgency in al-Anbar Governorate and was then reformed into a political party, the Iraq Awakening and Independents National Alliance, which won the most seats in the 2009 Al Anbar governorate election.[1] [2] The Awakening Alliance joined forces with Iraq's Shi'a interior minister Jawad al-Bolani and his secular Iraqi Constitutional Party and Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai, chief of Sunni Endowment Office. The list is led by Jawad al-Bolani.[3]

2010 elections

During the 2010 elections the Iraq Unity List consisted of the following parties:[4]

Results

GovernoratePercentageSeats WonTotal Seats
14
16
68
24
18
13
10
14
10
12
10
7
12
31
11
12
17
11
Compensatory seats 7
Minorities 8
Total: 325

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/01/23/africa/OUKWD-UK-IRAQ-ELECTION-SUNNIS.php Anti-Qaeda sheikhs vie for west Iraq in poll
  2. http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=75&id=2395&lang=0 final election results
  3. News: FACTBOX-Political alliances ahead of Iraq's 2010 election. Reuters. 21 October 2009.
  4. Web site: Unity Alliance of Iraq. https://web.archive.org/web/20100409052440/http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/special/misc/iraqielections2010/index.cfm?fa=uai. 2010-04-09.