| Election Name: | 2005 Iraqi governorate elections |
| Country: | Iraq |
| Flag Year: | 2004 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 2009 Iraqi governorate elections |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
| Seats For Election: | All 748 seats to the councils for the 18 governorates of Iraq |
| Election Date: | 30 January 2005 |
| 1Blank: | Governors |
| 2Blank: | Governors +/– |
| Colour1: | 009933 |
| Party1: | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq |
| Last Election1: | - |
| Seats1: | 195 |
| Seat Change1: | 195 |
| 1Data1: | 7 |
| 2Data1: | 7 |
| Colour2: | FFFF00 |
| Party2: | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
| Last Election2: | - |
| Seats2: | 91 |
| Seat Change2: | 91 |
| 1Data2: | 2 |
| 2Data2: | 2 |
| Colour3: | 009933 |
| Party3: | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| Last Election3: | - |
| Seats3: | 80 |
| Seat Change3: | 80 |
| 1Data3: | 2 |
| 2Data3: | 2 |
| Colour4: | 000000 |
| Party4: | Sadrist Movement |
| Seats4: | 60 |
| Seat Change4: | 60 |
| 1Data4: | 2 |
| 2Data4: | 2 |
Governorate council elections were held in Iraq on 30 January 2005, the same day as the elections for the transitional Iraqi National Assembly. The Governorate for each province has a 41-member council, except for Baghdad, whose council has 51 members.
A summary of the results by governorate was:
| Party | Total seats | Party leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195 | Abdel Aziz al-Hakim | |||
| 91 | Massoud Barzani | |||
| 80 | Jalal Talabani | |||
| 60 | Muqtada al-Sadr | |||
| 49 | Abdelrahim Al-Husseini | |||
| 45 | Tariq al-Hashemi | |||
| 42 | Ibrahim al-Jaafari | |||
| 18 | Iyad Allawi | |||
| 10 | Salaheddine Bahaaeddin | |||
| 10 | Misha'an al-Juburi | |||
| 8 | Hamid Majid Mousa | |||
| 7 | ||||
| Other Parties | 133 | - | ||
| Total | 748 | - | ||
| Governorate | Governor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IIP | |||
| KDP | |||
| SCIRI | |||
| Fadhila | |||
| KDP | |||
| SCIRI | |||
| Badr | |||
| SCIRI | |||
| PUK | |||
| Sadrists | |||
| SCIRI | |||
| SCIRI | |||
| Independent | |||
| SCIRI | |||
| unknown | |||
| PUK | |||
| Sadrists |
See main article: 2005 Al Anbar governorate council election.
| Party | Arabic name | Votes | Percent | Seats (probable) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraqi Islamic Party | al-Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi | 2692 | 71.3% | 29 | |
| Independent Iraqi Group | al-Hia al-Airaqia al-Mustaqila | 755 | 20% | 8 | |
| Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc | Kutla al-Musalaha wa at-Tahrir | 328 | 8.7% | 4 | |
| Total valid votes: | 3775 | 100% | 41 | ||
| Invalid votes: | 28 | ||||
The council elected Maamoon Sami Rasheed al-Alwani as governor.
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faithful Iraqis Association | 192,643 | 25 | ||
| Al-Rasul Association | 43,226 | 6 | ||
| Imam Ali Society | 41,607 | 6 | ||
| Security & Reconstruction | 17,295 | 2 | ||
| Babil Independent Association | 15,779 | 2 | ||
| Total | 494,054 | 41 | ||
The council elected Salem al-Saleh Meslmawe as the governor.
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baghdad Nation | 694,800 | 28 | ||
| Baghdad Peace | 264,130 | 11 | ||
| 156,229 | 6 | |||
| National Democratic Alliance | 46,265 | 2 | ||
| 36,713 | 2 | |||
| National Independent Cadres and Elites | 35,441 | 1 | ||
| Independent al-Baya Gathering | 34,366 | 1 | ||
| Total | 1,750,772 | 51 |
The council elected SCIRI member, Hussain al-Tahan as governor.
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islamic Basra | SCIRI 6 others | 235,704 | 20 | 33.05% | |
| 150,823 | 12 | 21.15% | |||
| 49,005 | 4 | 6.87% | |||
| 37,997 | 3 | 5.33% | |||
| 21,236 | 2 | 2.98% | |||
| Other parties | 218,506 | - | 30.63% | ||
| Total Valid | 713,271 | 41 | 100% | ||
| Invalid ballots | 7,733 | ||||
| align=left colspan=6 | Source: Washington Institute | ||||
The council elected Fadhila member Mohammed al-Waili as governor. In April 2007, SIIC successfully brought a no-confidence motion against Waili. This dismissal was ratified by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in July.[1]
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103,114 | 12 | 19.74% | |||
| Supreme Iraq Islamic Council | 100,237 | 5 | 19.19% | ||
| 89,263 | 3 | 17.09% | |||
| 20,767 | 4 | 3.98% | |||
| 19,709 | 4 | 3.77% | |||
| 18,769 | 4 | 3.59% | |||
| 15,531 | 4 | 2.97% | |||
| 13,880 | 4 | 2.66% | |||
| Other parties | 141,001 | - | 27.00% | ||
| Total | 522,271 | 41 | 100% | ||
| Invalid ballots | 4,707 | ||||
| align=left colspan=6 | Source: Washington Institute | ||||
The council elected Aziz Kadum Alwan al-Ogheli, a SCIRI member, as governor.
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition of Islamic & National Forces in Diyala | 84,390 | 20 | ||
| 55,960 | 14 | |||
| Kurdish Arabic Turkmen Democratic Coalition - Diyala Governorate | 30,268 | 7 | ||
| Total | 210,574 | 41 |
The council elected Ra'ad Hameed Al-Mula Jowad Al-Tamimi, a Badr Brigades leader, as governor.[2]
Source - http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/html/newsletterImages/PF81Annexes.pdf
| List | Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101,932 | 21 | ||
| 22,085 | 5 | ||
| Shi'a Political Council | 10,655 | 2 | |
| Democratic Progressive Gathering | 9,698 | 2 | |
| Independent Council of Tribal Shaykhs & Notables of Karbala Governorate | 9,647 | 2 | |
| Iraqi Democratic Current | 9,161 | 2 | |
| Independent Unified List for the Governorate of Holy Karbala | 8,719 | 2 | |
| Democratic Meeting for Holy Karbala | 7,605 | 2 | |
| Independent Intellectuals Gathering | 7,233 | 2 | |
| Dr. Abbas al-Hasnawi | 8,621 | 1 | |
| Total | 297,201 | 41 |
The council elected SCIRI member Uqeil al-Khazaali as governor.
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List of Kurdistan Brotherhood | KDP PUK 5 others | 237,303 | 26 | 59.19% | |
| 73,791 | 8 | 18.41% | |||
| (Sunni Arab) | 43,635 | 5 | 10.88% | ||
| The Islamic Turkoman Coalition | 12,678 | 1 | 3.16% | ||
| (Sunni Arab) | 12,329 | 1 | 3.08% | ||
| Other parties | 21,156 | - | 5.28% | ||
| Total Valid | 400,892 | 41 | 100% | ||
| Invalid ballots | 5,059 | ||||
| align=left colspan=6 | Source: Washington Institute | ||||
The council re-elected Abdulrahman Mustapha Fatah as governor, who had served since the 2003 invasion of Iraq[3]
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Hussayni Thought Forum | 109,295 | 15 | 44.26% | ||
| Islamic Unified Front | 28,211 | 6 | 11.42% | ||
| 25,388 | 5 | 10.28% | |||
| 20,379 | 4 | 8.25% | |||
| Al-Rida Center for Culture & Guidance | 13,410 | 3 | 5.43% | ||
| Gathering of the Independent Sons of Maysan | 9,674 | 2 | 3.92% | ||
| Iraqi Republican Group | 7,560 | 2 | 3.06% | ||
| 7,006 | 1 | 2.84% | |||
| Maysan Democratic Coalition | 6,833 | 1 | 2.77% | ||
| Shi’ite Political Council | 6,558 | 1 | 2.66% | ||
| Independent National Islamic Congregation | 6,201 | 1 | 2.51% | ||
| Other parties | 6,442 | - | 2.61% | ||
| Total Valid | 246,957 | 41 | 100% | ||
| Invalid ballots | 1,559 | ||||
| align=left colspan=6 | Source: Washington Institute | ||||
Adel Mahudar Radi, a former Mahdi Army commander, was elected governor.[4]
| List | Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23,918 | 8 | ||
| 18,206 | 6 | ||
| Al-Furat al-Awsat Assembly (part of INL) | 17,924 | 6 | |
| Islamic Independent Society | 14,550 | 5 | |
| 13,354 | 4 | ||
| Gathering for al-Muthanna | 12,687 | 4 | |
| Allegiance Coalition | 10,221 | 3 | |
| Iraqi National Accord (part of INL) | 7,530 | 3 | |
| 5,602 | 2 | ||
| Total | 173,155 | 41 |
The Governorate Council elected SCIRI member Mohammed Ali al-Hasani as the provincial Governor, and an Islamic Dawa Party member, Ahmad Marzouq Salal as the council president. al-Hasani was assassinated in August 2007 in an attack blamed on the Mahdi Army, and the council elected Marzouq his successor, with an SCIRI member becoming the council president.[5]
| List | Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 133,676 | 19 | ||
| 64,837 | 9 | ||
| 26,585 | 4 | ||
| 23,663 | 3 | ||
| 15,999 | 2 | ||
| 13,464 | 2 | ||
| 11,513 | 2 | ||
| Total | 359268 | 41 |
The council elected SCIRI member Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie as governor.
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan | 109,295 | 31 | 65.87% | |||
| Supreme Iraq Islamic Council | 17,255 | 5 | 10.40% | |||
| 7,065 | 2 | 4.26% | ||||
| Council of the United Clans of Mosul | 6,624 | 2 | 3.99% | |||
| 4,650 | 1 | 2.80% | ||||
| Other parties | 21,045 | - | 12.68% | |||
| Total | 165,934 | 41 | 100% | |||
| Invalid ballots | 864 | |||||
The council voted for the independent Sunni Arab, Duraid Kashmoula, to continue as governor. His brother, Usama Yousif Kashmula, had been appointed as governor of Nineveh Governorate in 2003 by the Coalition Provisional Authority, and Duraid succeeded Usama after he was assassinated in July 2004.[6]
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martyr of the Sanctuary Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim | 102,005 | 20 | 30.25% | |||
| Shiite Political Council | 26,898 | 5 | 7.98% | |||
| 15,446 | 3 | 4.58% | ||||
| 15,396 | 3 | 4.57% | ||||
| 14,606 | 3 | 4.33% | ||||
| Independent Brotherhood | Sadrist Movement | 14,485 | 3 | 4.30% | ||
| Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organization | 10,854 | 2 | 3.22% | |||
| Loyalty to Iraq Coalition | 8,052 | 2 | 2.39% | |||
| Total | 337,220 | 41 | 100% | |||
The Governorate Council chose SCIRI members Khalil Jalil Hamza as the governor and Sheikh Hamid al-Khodari as council president. Hamza was assassinated in August 2007 in an attack blamed on the Mahdi Army.[7] al-Khodari was elected to replace Hamza as governor.[8]
| List | Parties | Total Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| List of the Unified Democratic Coalition in Salah al-Din Governorate | 22,160 | 8 | ||
| 17,017 | 6 | |||
| 13,321 | 5 | |||
| 14,917 | 5 | |||
| Unified List | 12,815 | 4 | ||
| 10,215 | 3 | |||
| 8,691 | 3 | |||
| National Iraqi Gathering | 8,641 | 3 | ||
| Gathering of Independents in Salah al-Din | 4,739 | 2 | ||
| National al-Risaliya List | 6,133 | 2 | ||
| Total | 137,476 | 41 | ||
The council elected Hamed Hamood Shekti al-Qaisi as governor.
| List | Parties | Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraqi Elites Gathering | 185,813 | 31 | ||
| Shi'ite Political Council | 22,346 | 4 | ||
| Gathering of the Independents in Wasit | 16,518 | 3 | ||
| 12,780 | 2 | |||
| Democratic Iraq Gathering | 9,010 | 1 | ||
| Total | 324,678 | 41 |
The council elected Latif Hamid Turfa, a Sadrist, as governor.
See main article: 2005 Iraqi Kurdistan Governorate elections.
| Party | Total votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurdistan Democratic Party | 347,772 | 23 | |
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | 244,343 | 16 | |
| Islamic Union of Kurdistan | 22,523 | 1 | |
| Islamic Group of Kurdistan | 18,781 | 1 | |
| Other parties | 14,575 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 647,994 | 41 |
The council voted for Kurdistan Democratic Party member Nawzad Hadi Mawlood to become governor.[9]
| Party | Total votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurdistan Democratic Party | 302,133 | 33 | |
| Islamic Union of Kurdistan | 35,675 | 4 | |
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | 35,483 | 4 | |
| Other parties | 9,974 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 383,265 | 41 |
The council elected KDP member Tamar Ramadan as governor.
| Party | Total votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | 485,718 | 28 | |
| Kurdistan Democratic Party | 91,578 | 5 | |
| Islamic Union of Kurdistan | 75,008 | 5 | |
| Islamic Group of Kurdistan | 53,088 | 3 | |
| Kurdistan Communist Party | 8,192 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 17,739 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 731,323 | 41 |
The council elected PUK member Dana Ahmed Majid as governor.