2009 Iraqi governorate elections

2009 Iraqi governorate elections
← 2005 31 January 2009 2013 →
440 seats comprising 14 of the 18 governorates of Iraq
  First party Second party Third party
  Nouri al-Maliki Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Leader Nouri al-Maliki Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Muqtada al-Sadr
Party State of Law Al-Mehraab Martyr List Independent Free Movement
Last election 42 195
Seats won 126 52 43
Seat change Increase84 Decrease143 Decrease17
Popular vote 1,362,594 482,800 434,849
Percentage 19.1% 6.8% 6.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Tariq Al-Hashimi Ayad Allawi Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Leader Tariq Al-Hashimi Ayad Allawi Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Party Tawafuq INL National Reform Trend
Last election 45 18
Seats won 32 26 23
Seat change Decrease13 Increase8 Increase23
Popular vote 449,575 404,201 273,130
Percentage 6.3% 5.7% 3.8%
Colours show the largest list per governorate
Governorates holding election are green; Kirkuk (blue) and Iraqi Kurdistan (red) postponed their elections for later on the year.
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Governorate or provincial elections were held in Iraq on 31 January 2009, to replace the local councils in fourteen of the eighteen governorates of Iraq that were elected in the 2005 Iraqi governorate elections.[1][2] 14,431 candidates, including 3,912 women, contested 440 seats. The candidates came from over 400 parties, 75% of which were newly formed.[3]

  1. ^ "Stage being set for Iraqi elections as violence flares". CNN.com. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. ^ "Date set for Iraq provincial poll". 9 November 2008.
  3. ^ From bullets to ballot box – Iraq's violence-free election, The Scotsman, 2009-01-22