2009 Dhi Qar Governorate election

31 January 2009 (2009-01-31)
All 31 seats for the Dhi Qar Governorate council
First party Second party   Leader Nouri al-Maliki Muqtada al-Sadr Party State of Law Sadrist Movement Last election 0 2 Seats before 0 2 Seats won 13 7 Seat change 13 5 Popular vote 107,410 61,929 Percentage 23.7 13.6% Swing   Third party Fourth party   Leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Ibrahim al-Jaafari Party Al-Mehraab Martyr List National Reform Trend Last election 11 0 Seats before 11 0 Seats won 5 4 Seat change 6 4 Popular vote 51,463 34,255 Percentage 11.3% 7.5% Swing 7.5%
Governor of Baghdad before election Aziz Kadum Alwan al-Ogheli ISCI Subsequent Governor Taleb Kazem Abdulkarim al-Hassan State of Law

The Dhi Qar governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	State of Law Coalition	107,410	23.67	13	+13
	Sadrist Movement	61,929	13.65	7	+5
	Al Mihrab Martyr List	51,463	11.34	5	−6
	National Reform Trend	34,255	7.55	4	+4
	Islamic Virtue Party	27,138	5.98	2	−9
	Iraqi National List	12,924	2.85	0	−2
	Iraqi Communist Party	8,272	1.82	0	−2
	Other parties	150,415	33.15	–	–
Total		453,806	100.00	31	−10
Source: Niqash,[1] Al Sumaria, New York Times

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